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TIL before Ozzy Osbourne developed Parkinson's Disease, his entire genome was sequenced to help understand how he survived all the drugs and alcohol he consumed.

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W7xmY TIL the word “bidet” is French for “pony”, referring to how low one squats over the fixture
KOnr9 TIL about Project Azorian. In 1974 the CIA built a gigantic claw and lowered it three miles to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean to snag the entire wreck of a sunken Soviet submarine. And they partially succeeded.
kJoB7 TIL of Emory Andrew Tate Jr, a black American chess Master, once described as “a trailblazer for African-American chess”. He is also the father of Andrew Tate.
negKP TIL the french numbers is a blend of the decimal system of cont, used in Roma, and the vigesimal system of count, used by the Celtics, and it became official only in the century 17
QJj4E TIL that nazi symbol has nothing to do with swastika.it was hakenkreuz. Swastika was never mentioned in his book mein kampf. Hitler first saw the Hooked Cross symbol in a Christian monastery (Lambach Abbey) which he attended as a boy. He later adopted it as an emblem for his party.