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TIL the word "escalate" was originated as a derivative of the invention of the escalator, and not vice versa.

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Wngo TIL that St.Guinefort was a dog who became a folk saint after saving his owner’s child from a snake. He had a grave where people brought their children to for protection and healing, as well as left offerings.
OGAY6 TIL flying has become so reliable that you could fly every day for an average of 123,000 years before being in a fatal crash.
e7OD TIL that Scooby Doo’s full name is “Scoobert Doo.” Scoobert. Doo.
y6JX TIL that among Turkic peoples, there is a sport called “girl chasing”, in which a man and a woman race against each other on horseback. If the man wins, he gets a kiss from the woman. If the woman wins, she gets to beat the man with a whip.
O1XY TIL that MK Ultra, the evil program from ‘Stranger Things’, was a real life project ran by the CIA