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TIL that the reason why the Portuguese language calls the days of the week "feiras" is because they didn't want the classical names that were related to pagan gods, "feira" means "day of the week after Sunday"

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rvge TIL Denton Cooley answered in the affirmative when a lawyer during a trial asked him if he considered himself to be the best heart surgeon in the world. “Don’t you think that’s being rather immodest?” the lawyer replied. "Perhaps,” Cooley responded. “But remember I’m under oath.”
78rOZ TIL that antihistamines (such as Benadryl) are associated with increased weight gain / Dementia / Alzheimer's when used regularly or long term.
16QRP TIL that Missouri is likely called the Show-Me State in reference to a speech from a Congressman in 1899: "I come from a state that raises corn and cotton and cockleburs and Democrats, and frothy eloquence neither convinces nor satisfies me. I am from Missouri. You have got to show me."
dDW0j TIL you’re allow to bring Artificial Skeleton Bones, carry on and check. I’m so confused as to why it has its own webpage.
yw7w TIL Usain Bolt received several offers to play WR in the NFL, he rejected them because of the hits NFL players take.