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TIL of the German word “Drachenfutter” (literally “Dragon Fodder”): the gift that a man gives his wife after he’s pissed her off.

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78o8L TIL Harry Connick Jr is 56 but still uses a suffix professionally as his father is still alive at 97. Harry Connick Sr was the district attorney for Orleans Parish in Louisiana for 30 years before retiring 20 years ago.
QN86a TIL since 2020 shootings have become the top cause of death for children in the US, overtaking auto accidents
4XNRJ Today I learned that the earliest audio recording of the word "fuck" was made in 1885. A technician at Volta labs was testing his equipment when it malfunctioned and recorded his iritated response.
PVmw TIL for the film Gone Girl, David Fincher made Ben Affleck wear a Yankees cap for a scene. Affleck, a die-hard Red Sox fan, adamantly refused, and this lead to a 4 day production halt, until the two came to an agreement that he would wear a Mets cap.
VBmy0 TIL one of the co-writers for the song “Rock around the Clock”, first rock song to reach #1 on the Billboard chart was born in the 19th century.