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TIL that Crossing your fingers for luck is actually a Christian symbol for invoking protection by emulating the shape of a cross.

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7rp6O TIL the couple that founded Panda Express both have degrees in Mathematics. The husband has a masters and the wife has a PhD
ADpVl TIL Keanu Reeves often foregoes some of his paycheck so that producers can bring on other notable actors. On The Devil's Advocate, he reduced his salary by a few million dollars so that they could afford Al Pacino, and he did the same thing on The Replacements to be able to work with Gene Hackman.
Wo68 TIL that during the torture of the alleged 20th hijacker Mohammed al-Qahtani, he was forced to “watch puppet shows depicting sexual acts between him and Osama bin Laden at his mock birthday party”
Pndw TIL former WWE wrestler Kurt Angle fractured two vertebrae during the 1996 Olympic Trials, herniating two discs and pulling four muscles, but still went on to win the trials and five months later take home the gold medal in freestyle wrestling at the 1996 Olympics.
j6AgR TIL abot the The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, nicknamed the "Six Triple Eight", a predominantly black battalion of the Women's Army Corps (WAC).