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TIL Thomas Jefferson is credited by the OED as the first person in history to use the word “Shag”, to mean “to have sex with”

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4p1w TIL “mantra” is Sanskrit: man (think) tra (tool) -> “thinking tool”
xmAo TIL Kanye West once ordered a curry to be delivered from London, UK to NYC, at a price of $3900
yJJl TIL that 1389 people died at Tsar Nicholas II’s coronation party as people were trampled due to rumors that there wasn’t enough free beer and food.
d8Gb9 TIL Roman Emperor Valerian was captured in battle by Persian Emperor Shapur I and what happened after is unknown. Stories include being a slave and footstool, being forced to swallow molten gold, being flayed and his skin taken as a prize, and building Caesar's Dam near Susa before being released.
Ypgp7 TIL bacon & eggs is considered breakfast food thanks to a single marketing campaign by a bacon company.