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TIL that Reddit is latin for “He gives back or he returns”

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E10xP TIL Queen Elizabeth II still has a 'Champion' for purposes of trial by combat and it's Francis John Fane Marmion Dymoke, a 65-year-old chartered accountant.
wLxm7 TIL that the women who work in the garment recycling industry in India have a theory that because of a water shortage in the West, it must be cheaper to buy new clothes than to wash them. This explains why so many clothes are discarded barely worn. (Link fixed)
K0YG TIL that atheists are officially banned from holding public office in six US states.
0M9A TIL in the movie Cast Away, when asked what was in the FedEx package Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks) left unopened, director Robert Zemeckis replied that it was a waterproof, solar-powered satellite phone.
VMbm8 TIL Liverpool is (STILL) the best team of the world!