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TIL the reason England kept the Germanic ‘Earl’ rather than the Latinised 'Count’ in the Middle Ages was because 'Count’ was too phonetically similar to 'cunt’

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VBJEG TIL Audie Murphy, the most decorated American soldier from World War 2, was initially turned down from the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps for being underweight and underage. He was finally able to enlist after his sister falsified documentation. He ended up playing himself in a movie about him
yEYl TIL that Scooby and the gang star in a comic book, “Scooby Apocalypse” about trying to survive in a hellish near-future
1mBP TIL that 46 years ago today, a NYPD Officer was shot in the face during a drug raid and the officers officers with him refused to make the call to the dispatcher indicating an officer was shot
x6ObD TIL a Muslim woman has dedicated her life to watching over the Jewish museum in Morocco
W48d TIL In 2014, The State of Alabama paid Universal Records $75,000 for 5-year rights for the phrase “Sweet Home Alabama”