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TIL the word ‘nice’ used to mean 'stupid’.

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YpQoW TIL that male horses are often "fixed" to make them less aggressive and easier to control, then they are called a "gelding"
mx7VM TIL that George Carlin used to smoke pot while he was in the Air force and was court-martialed 3 times
xa0o TIL: Britain was still paying off its WWII debts owed to America & Canada as recently as 2006. The last payment of $83.25 was wired to America 12/29/06; 6 years late, due to intermittent financial difficulties, having negotiated a 50 year payment plan in 1950.
R5Vga TIL - from 1929-31, balloons were released at the end of the Macy’s parade and the public bring them back to claim $100. This ended when one got caught in an airplane propellor when a pilot tried to catch one
KOp1Q TIL that in the 60s not only could you advertise cigarettes on television, but you could have cartoon characters be the pitchmen. For example, The Flintstones endorsed Winston cigarettes.