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TIL croissants are crescent shaped and they're called that because it's the French word for it

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J1jem TIL: In Michelangelo’s painting The Last Judgment Biagio da Cesena, a priest, is depicted being tortured in hell after complaining about the nudity. He complained to the pope, but he joked that his jurisdiction doesn't extend to hell
EgeP7 TIL the first cables laid cross the Atlantic Ocean were insulated with hemp.
kJ84W TIL it wasn't until the 19th century that a physician to Louis XVIII correlated the chemistry of a toxin with the biological effects it produces in a poisoned individual.
9wvNr TIL that, historically, light eyes were associated with vile characteristics among the Arabic people. This notion dates back to the pre-Islamic world and was even mentioned in the Quran.
8a1wL TIL a 1947 Gallup poll revealed 45% of the US thought Hitler was still alive