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TIL that “Rock, Paper, Scissor” has been around since 200AD. And the same hand gestures we use today have been used since the 1600’s.

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KZYR TIL Witness protection in the US was instituted to protect people testifying against members of the KKK
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4xnN TIL that the first officer in the movie Titanic who accepted a bribe, shot a passenger, and then committed suicide is actually a hero and memorialized in his hometown in Dalbeattie, Scottland. The town was so distraught, a Fox exec flew over to present a donation to the local high school.
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