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TIL Americans read TWICE as much as they did 60 years ago

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PYQpL TIL that a canadian man changed his name to Above Znoneofthe for an election to trick people into voting for him.
4dDR TIL the word Mortgage is a French Law term meaning “death pledge”.
XE4vD TIL Cats don't meow to other cats, only to get humans to do what they want.
l7jpB TIL as ar back as the 12th Century, the Bishop of Winchester was entrusted to oversee the brothels under his domain and the church began to license and tax brothels as a source of revenue. Some brothels were even directly controlled by the bishop.
wLZoJ TIL that the one of the Romanov’s dogs survived the family’s execution and lived out the remainder of his life in exile in Britain.