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TIL the creator of "Charging Bull" on Wall Street meant for it to be a symbol of optimism after the stock market crashes in 1980. Placing the "Fearless Girl" in front of the bull changed the latter's meaning.

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7JyL TIL the most common birthday in the US is September 16th.
LQXJP TIL Legenday blues musician B.B. King was actually born Reilly King and used his given name professionally early in his career. While working at a radio station he used the name "Beale Street Blues Boy," which morphed into just "Blues Boy," and eventually just "BB."
gGvX TIL A man was sentenced to 12 years in prison for killing and eating the last indochinease tiger in China
E1M6P TIL about xenodiagnosis - where a bug that would usually carry a disease-carrying organism is allowed to feed on a patient's blood so that its gut can be then examined to try and find the organism and make the diagnosis
9YOLM TIL that in the US the Rod of Asclepius, symbol of the deity associated with healing and medicine, is often confused with the staff of the god Hermes, the caduceus.