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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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Z8ERp TIL Dolly Parton is the only person to have been given The Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval.
OGeO4 TIL To date, six nuclear weapons have been lost in the US and never recovered. One fell in the Pacific Ocean and quickly sank in 16,000 feet of water and is believed to still be there today. Another one was dropped in Georgia by the aircraft carrying it and was never found.
GAl7Q TIL: About Stan Larkin, who lived for 555 days without a heart before finally receiving a transplant.
XEZGP TIL It is estimated that Alan Turing's codebreaking operation shortened the war in Europe by more than two years and saved over 14 to 21 million lives.
9YoKD TIL the 1892 animated film 'un bon bock' became a lost film because the french director Emile Reynaud threw all but two of his picture bands to the Seine river as he was suffering from depression at the moment.