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TIL the Jack of Clubs in a typical English/French deck is Lancelot, from Arthurian legend.

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RQ1w TIL WWII soldiers and their sweethearts would sometimes use acronyms written the on the back of the envelope to convey messages to each other. Some examples include I.T.A.L.Y. (I Trust And Love You), C.H.I.P. (Come Home I’m Pregnant), and E.G.Y.P.T. (Eagerly Groping Your Pretty Tits).
PkYV TIL The world’s most venomous spiders are the Brazilian wandering spiders which has the most active neurotoxic venom of any living spider. These large and highly aggressive creatures often enter human dwellings and hide in clothing or shoes. When disturbed they bite furiously several times
l9KK TIL By the time they reach high school, nearly 20 percent of all American boys will be diagnosed with ADHD.
KYAPJ TIL that Edith Piaf was named after Edith Cavell, a British nurse in WW1 Belgium, who saved the lives of soldiers on both sides and helped 200 Allied men escape German-occupied Belgium before being shot by the Germans for treason, and who is now included in the Church of England Calendar of Saints.
PYjLV TIL: About the Nazi's Lebensborn program which served to raised racially pure Aryan babies. They also kidnapped "perfect" babies from foreign nations and even dyed the hair of some of them. A famous Lebensborn baby eventually became a member of ABBA.