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TIL that when translated into modern English, The word Mortgage literally means “death pledge”. Mort - from the French meaning “Death” and Gage - from Old English meaning “Pledge”

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Qo7M TIL that the last words of Peter Kürten, a serial killer executed by guillotine, said “Tell me—after my head is chopped off, will I still be able to hear, at least for a moment, the sound of my own blood gushing from the stump of my neck? That would be the pleasure to end all pleasures.”
rQje TIL the Sun is the most perfect sphere ever observed in nature.
wLa47 TIL On April 23, 1635, the first public school in what would become the United States was established in Boston, Massachusetts. Known as the Boston Latin School, this boys-only public secondary school was led by schoolmaster Philemon Pormont, a Puritan settler.
mnDP TIL there is a crocodile in Africa named Gustave that has killed over 300 people.
4XpBa TIL there was a heatwave in Russia back in 2010 that killed 55,736 people, with 700 people dying in Moscow every day