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Today I learned Charlie Chaplin didn't actually have a mustache, it was a part of his makeup.

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NX0jP TIL that Euskara, also known as the Basque language, is one of the oldest languages spoken on Earth and has no proven connection to any other known language.
A8MB TIL that as of 2009, each Canadian citizen pays $1.53 each year to support the British monarchy.
xVQyB TIL dyes leech off your clothing!
jNLlR TIL in March 2020 an unanimous decision by the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that States can't be sued for copyright infringement. That means a State could theoretically screen any American movie or reprint and sell any book and the original copyright owners couldn't do anything about it.
wA5P TIL the phrase “status quo” is derived from the Latin phrase “in statu quo res erant ante bellum,” meaning “in the state in which things were before the war.”