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TIL about the Bradley Effect, where a people will say they support a candidate to avoid looking prejudiced

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ne5NW TIL the word "Ye" on nostalgic signs (Ye Old Tavern, etc) is supposed to be a Middle-English translation of "The". However, Ye was never actually a word- a character called a Thorn (þ) made a "TH" sound, so it would be spelled 'þe Old Tavern', reading as 'The Old Tavern.'
0dRX5 TIL that firefighters use water that is wetter than regular water
OgE4 TIL Joss Whedon co-wrote Toy Story, and Rex the dinosaur was Whedon’s creation.
eeXE TIL in Germany, a cross can only be present in the classroom only if all the students agree that it should, and it has to be taken off in case any student objects
4oO6 TIL that during Clinton’s presidency, then Chairman of the Federal Reserve Alan Greenspan forced Clinton to reduce the deficit by threatening interest rate hikes. Greenspan later wrote in his book about how he singlehandedly put a stop to Clinton’s progressive policies.