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TIL there exists a US military school called USAJFKSWCS (United States Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School) where special forces trainees learn languages

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NwyJ TIL in 1959, three schizophrenics who all thought they were Jesus were forced to live together in the same mental hospital, to test the strength of self-delusion.
87xG TIL Punxsutawney Phil is so bad at predicting the weather, we would have more accurate predictions with a coin flip.
8a91a TIL Queen Victoria wrote an average 2,500 words per day, and her personal journal grew to a total of 122 volumes.
E1Eg0 TIL that Los Angeles County libraries allow kids 21 and under to read away what they owe in late fees at a rate of $5 per hour. Since the program launched last year, LA County libraries have logged more than 50,000 reading sessions and reinstated more than 13,000 previously blocked accounts.
6E1EX TIL that the word "mafia" originated from the Sicilian word "mafiusu," which can mean swagger, boldness or bravado. Sicily was once an Islamic emirate and one possible root for this word is the Arabic word "mahyāṣ" (مهياص), meaning aggressive boasting or bragging.