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TIL Why do sailors use knots as a unit of speed rather than miles per hour

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xVLY7 TIL the phrase "Blood is thicker than water," which we interpret to mean blood relationships are stronger than friendships, actually comes from the phrase "The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb" which means that chosen relationships are stronger than birth relationships
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mB9E TIL Hitler admired Disney cartoons. He was delighted when Joseph Goebbels gifted him eighteen Mickey Mouse films as a Christmas present in 1937.