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TIL Mormon Missionaries aren’t allowed to swim while they’re on mission

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REOj TIL In the 1950s, the USSR started breeding foxes in an attempt to see how wolves may have been domesticated. As a result there are now domesticated foxes called Silver Foxes which are still being bred.
xVDe1 TIL That ancient Greeks hung a branch of bay over the door of a sick person to fend off evil and death. This led to the garlanding of newly qualified doctors with a bay wreath, known as the Bacca laureus in Latin, which gave us the word "baccalaureate" (University Degree).
OD86 TIL Chumlee of Pawn Stars makes $2500/h or $100,000/wk from his own merchandise business. This is due to his popularity on the show, surpassing all other Pawn Stars cast income.
E1ga7 TIL that the first emperor of China died from drinking a mixture of mercury and powdered jade intended to give him eternal life.
lokGV TIL Captain Morgan was a Welsh privateer who fought alongside the English against the Spanish in the Caribbean in the 1660s and 1670s. His first name was Henry and was knighted by King Charles II of England. He died in Jamaica in 1688, apparently very rich.