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TIL the gender-neutral “they” was used as the 3rd person singular in English until about 1800, when “he” and “she” became widespread to make English more like Latin

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P19Oe TIL Andre Agassi won 10 of 11 matches after seeing a "tick" in Boris Becker's serve. Agassi could predict where Becker was serving based on whether Becker stuck his tongue out in the middle of his lip or to the left corner of his lip. Agassi told Becker over a pint of beer - after they retired.
ExyP TIL: Bacteria are present in clouds and help make snow/rain/clouds better than dust
Br6Zx TIL that modern military submarines have a rescue buoy that releases during an emergency, and it remains attached to the submarine by a cable. Once on the surface it can indicate to rescuers the position of the submarine, and may include a telephone for communication with the trapped submariners.
X0V0Q TIL That, in 1991, the Bryan Adams song "Everything I Do" (which had reached #1 worldwide) was declared to be not sufficiently Canadian by the regulatory body CRTC denying it more frequent airplay in Canada. This despite Adams being made a member of the Order of Canada in 1990.
R5lB9 TIL about the Egyptian-Hittite peace treaty, which is the oldest recorded peace treaty in history (c.1259 BCE). In this treaty, both parties agreed to end their war, form an alliance in the event of foreign or domestic aggression, and to the extradition of rebels, fugitives, and political refugees.