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TIL that the word "mortgage" literally means "death-pledge" in French

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eRdE TIL that Isaac Newton predicted that the world would end around 2060. He wrote this in a letter in 1704 after studying different religious texts. He also “wrote more about theology and alchemy than science and math combined.”
Ny48 TIL that in 1987 the IRS required tax payers to list the SSNs of child they claimed as a dependent. As a result 7 million children vanished from tax returns.
16W8d TIL With 5 McDonalds, Andorra has the most McDonalds Per capita of any country in the world, With around 1 McDonalds per 16,000 people. 63% higher than in the U.S.
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