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TIL the political "Left" and "Right" picked those sides in 1789, when French revolutionaries in the National Assembly decided which side of the room they would sit on. "So as to avoid the shouts, oaths, and indecencies that enjoyed free rein in the opposing camp." -Baron de Gauville

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QJklp TIL in Jewish mythology, everyone has an angel teaches them all the wisdom in the world in utero. The angel lightly taps an infant's upper lip before birth, to silence the infant from spilling the secrets. Some say that's how we have the philtrum (the indent between the nose and mouth).
Vb00 TIL that by 2050, there will be more plastic than fish in the world’s oceans
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9QmX TIL - Before D-Day, the Daily Telegraph featured crossword puzzles which coincidentally had the same words as the codenames for the Normandy landings, leading to an arrest and interrogation.
VBgDZ TIL it’s not a grain of sand that creates a pearl in an oyster, but rather a parasite