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TIL that “renumeration” isn’t a word and we’ve all been pronouncing “remuneration” wrong.

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OGJn1 TIL King James I who famously translated the bible, also wrote Daemonologie, a guide to demons, witches, and witchcraft.
neOZ9 TIL that in countries, the suffix -stan generally means 'home of' in ancient Persian. An example would be that Afghanistan means 'Home of the Afghans.'
yQ0eJ TIL The Egyptian national dish is mulukhiyah has in its cooking instructions is to heat an oil until still sizzling, to create a characteristic sound which people traditionally respond to with the shahka (Arabic: grasp for breath in fear or surprise).
ADJD4 TIL there was a “no-nose club” in the 19th century for sufferers of syphilis whose noses had collapsed
E1lV7 TIL that after Attila the Hun died, his soldiers plucked out the hair of their heads and made their faces hideous with deep wounds, so that the great warrior should not be mourned by effeminate wailings and tears, but by the blood of men