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TIL according to Christian theology, Jesus went to Hell between the time of his Crucifixion and Resurrection.

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6LQZ TIL that in 1971, when Frank Sinatra couldn’t get a ringside ticket to Ali & Frazier’s “Fight of the Century”, he managed to get a press pass to shoot photos for LIFE magazine instead.
5YgBn TIL the Latin expression 'et cetera' is a word-for-word translation of the earlier Greek phrase 'kai ta hetera' (and the other things). Such a borrowing is called a calque (tracing, close imitation), which is itself a loanword from French.
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