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TIL that the variant of the word okay - “OK” - is derivative from Martin van Buren’s nickname “Old Kinderhook” and was popularised by his rallies for the 1836 US election

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Z4Do TIL that a birthday party invitation from 100 AD is the earliest known example of writing in Latin by a woman.
4X48N TIL that a 2015 finders keepers law allows private companies to own anything they find in the outer space and that startups are already rushing to mine asteroids to take advantage of that law
pLe TIL that since 1993, more than 700 girls and women have been raped, tortured, mutilated, and murdered in the Northern Mexican city of Ciudad Juárez, which has the highest female murder rate per capita of any city in Mexico or the US. It’s being called “femicide”.
VMxJk TIL the 12 days of Christmas start on December 25 (rather than leading up to Christmas Day).
weJ TIL - The US Military is purchasing Abrams tanks, 105MM Howitzers and everything in-between for ‘homeland defense missions, domestic emergency responses, and providing military support to civil authorities.’ Seriously… Read the procurement lists.