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TIL that America founded the Iranian Nuclear program.
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TIL that “The Stars and Stripes Forever” is onown as “The Disaster March” at circuses, because it is only ever played to signify an emergency without alarming the audience.
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TIL that locksmiths swear the Baldomeric Oath, an oath about professional ethics modeled after the Hippocratic oath, which was named after the 7th century Saint Baldomerus
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TIL that it is fairly common for hedgehogs to eat their babies and/or reject them.
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TIL the word "Brunch" was coined in 1895 by someone writing an essay for a magazine.
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TIL that swedish author Stieg Larsson never married his partner Eva Gabrielsson because under Swedish law, couples entering into marriage are required to make their addresses (at the time) publicly available; marrying would have been a security risk.