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TIL: The Ottoman Empire still existed the last time the Chicago Cubs won a World Series

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dGaK TIL that every month all members of the United States Congress are mailed Hustler magazine for free
4k8Na Today I learned about Sensory Specific-Satiety - a mental phenomenon that refers to the declining satisfaction generated by the continuous consumption of a certain type of sensory stimulation, i.e food, and the consequent renewal in appetite resulting from the exposure to a new flavor or stimulus.
MeyY8 TIL that after the Norman conquest, English nobility adopted the title Countess, but rejected "Count" in favor of keeping the term "Earl" because Count sounded too much like "cunt."
W7VEA TIL Australian magpies one of the cleverest birds on Earth once helped each other to remove tracking devices researchers took 6 months to create and put on them. Within 20 minutes, one helping magpie had found the only weak point and snipped to remove the device.
J1DeB TIL about Phantom Settlements, fake/non-existent towns placed on maps to spot plagiarism