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TIL of Joan Quiqley, an astrologer and secret "advisor" to the Reagan White House. "Virtually every move" the Reagans made was cleared through her to "make certain that the planets were in a favorable alignment."

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J1R4B TIL that in Old English "deer" described any animal. As language evolved, the meaning changed and narrowed until it started to describe only one type of animal. It's a change unique to English and Scots, as "deer" (tier, djur, dyr, dier, etc.) still means animal in all other Germanic languages.