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TIL that the last letter added to the alphabet was J
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TIL that the first use of the phrase "son-of-a-bitch" in American literature was in the 1823 book "Seventy-Six" by John Neal about the American Revolutionary War. Seventy-Six was criticized at the time for its use of profanity and was noted for its use of colloquialisms.
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TIL that in 1976 a skirmish broke out between North and South Korea over the trimming of a poplar tree
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TIL that burning fat through food deprivation or just general metabolism causes THC to go back into blood stream for smokers of marijuana.
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TIL That Men Who Receive Blood From Women That Have Been Pregnant Are More Likely To Have A Shorter Life Span
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TIL that literally has become an example of an autoantonym – a word with two opposite meanings