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TIL the meaning of the word mortgage is literally “death contract”

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GYPE4 TIL that The Beatles recorded multiple solos for the song Let It Be, the single version of the song is different to the album version solo wise and a third version was later released by Paul McCartney
ep6 TIL that the word ye of “Ye Olde Shoppe” is actually pronounced “the”. The Y represents the runic letter thorn, which is the same as “th”.
BAmb TIL Irena Sendler smuggled approximately 2,500 Jewish children out of the Warsaw Ghetto and then provided them with false identity documents and shelter outside the Ghetto, saving those children from the Holocaust.
m14dR TIL the Pointer Sisters sang the iconic and funky number song on Sesame Street.
6Ebal TIL /remembered about the Balloon Boy Hoax