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TIL that pointing became considered rude because originally it was thought that you were casting a spell on the other person.

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gVkA TIL that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, helped get two falsely accused men out of prison after solving their previously closed cases.
wLYMM TIL that on September 11th, 2001, Officer John Perry of the NYPD went to headquarters to file retirement paperwork. When he heard the explosion at the world trade center he immediately responded and was later killed when one of the towers collapsed. He was the only off-duty officer killed on 9/11.
b60oE TIL in 2020, 68-year-old actress Ana Obregón lost her only son to cancer at 27. After his death, she used her son's frozen sperm to grant her wish of having a granddaughter (via surrogacy) who she's currently raising as her daughter.
M7RdV TIL General Electric dumped toxic "forever" chemicals into the Hudson River and its CEO, Jack Welch, disputed the EPA's findings that these chemicals are toxic.
69Bmw TIL about the most extensive, longest and largest mountain range on Earth, that is nearly 65,000km long, but more than 90% of it is located 2,500m underwater and it’s spreading at 2 to 16cm per year