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TIL Morely cigarettes aren’t exclusive to the X-Files, but are a fake brand of cigarettes used across all media since 1960.

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7rG7O TIL that the finnish language did not have a written form before the mid-16th century, when it was created essentially by one man, Mikael Agricola, who wanted to translate the bible from latin to his native finnish
y6rX TIL a “dead cat bounce” is a brief rise in the price of a declining stock, because “even a dead cat will bounce if it falls from a great height”
5eMr TIL that the extinct american cheetah could be the reason pronghorns run so fast today
JYrrB TIL about Raven Wilkinson, the first African-American ballet dancer of a major ballet company. In 1957, Raven was once barred from staying with her troupe when an Atlanta hotel owner asked her outright if she was black. Raven quit dancing for a time, only to return to a 27 year career at NYC Opera.
4XdWw TIL the US operates about 800 military bases and logistical facilities outside its sovereign territory -- more than any other nation. All the other foreign bases owned by countries together total about 30.