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TIL that not being able to burp is not normal, and a lifetime of being confused as to why people didn’t just “burp silently” has finally come back to me in the form of realizing that I was the strange one.

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OGaY4 TIL Stallone is the only actor in the history of American cinema to have starred in a box-office number-one film across six consecutive decades
m14XE TIL that J. Robert Oppenheimer, the renowned physicist often credited as the "father of the atomic bomb," had a lesser-known passion for poetry. Despite his significant contributions to science, Oppenheimer also dabbled in writing and enjoyed immersing himself in the world of literature and verse.
pYNl4 TIL that Subutai, one of Genghis Khan's "Four Dogs", was the main general that spear-headed the Mongol invasions of China, Russia, and Europe, and his battle innovations inspired the likes of WW2 Field Marshal Erwin Rommel and General George Patton.
ZpdVR TIL that to "crack yourself up" came from the 17th century when people wore wigs and thick makeup to make their face white. When they laughed, it cracked.
GY4D4 TIl that the first use of the 'temporary insanity defense' in the U.S. WAS WHEN IN 1859, a Congressman SHOT AND KILLED a man who was having an affair with his wife. THE man killed was Philip Barton Key II,SON OF THE STAR spangled Banner author Francis Scott Key.