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TIL that the word “Aibohphobia”, meaning “fear of palindromes”, is a joke word deliberately constructed to be one.

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4XN46 TIL that there are stones called tsunami stones that dot the coastline of Japan. They read, “Remember the calamity of the great tsunamis. Do not build any homes below this point.“
RPb8 TIL Daniel Craig used to sleep on park benches before he got regular acting work
XExyE TIL at US Supreme Court, the most junior associate justice is charged with menial tasks, such as answering the door of conference room, serving beverages and transmitting orders of the court to the clerk.
xKy5 TIL British spies stopped using semen as invisible ink because it began to smell if it wasn’t fresh
Abno TIL that when Genghis Khan sent a trade caravan to the Khwarezmid empire, the governor of one city seized it and killed the traders. Genghis Khan retaliated by invading the empire with 200,000 men and killing the governor by pouring molten silver down his eyes and mouth