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TIL that the term "quack" to mean an incompetent doctor came from the Dutch word "kwakzalver", which was a person who sold dubious medicaments on the street at and at fairs.

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vPLvB TIL that 2000 people died in a war over a Bucket in 1325, (also has the cool name of the War of the Oaken Bucket)
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nWWld TIL Ancient Greeks Voted to Kick Politicians Out of Athens if Enough People Didn’t Like Them