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TIL That John Chrysostomos is one of the people responsible for interpreting Sodom as a place of sodomy, instead of just a place of inhospitatality, which was the traditional interpretation before him.

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wxdM TIL Teddy Roosevelt made a 2 hour speech shortly after an attempted assassination. He correctly concluded that since he was not coughing blood, the bullet had not completely penetrated the chest wall to his lung. He declined going to the hospital immediately.
neJPP TIL that before and during the American Revolution, the English, both in England and in the colonies, mostly spoke with a rhotic accent, meaning they pronounced the r in words, like in today's General American accent.
epnLD TIL about windcatchers - towers to catch winds for natural ventilation of buildings without electricity. Windcatchers were an important architectural element in Persia and a solution for cooling. The warm air was cooled by the soil and water in the channel and released into the interior.
64pJ TIL that the word “yolk” is derived from an Old English word that means “yellow.” So egg white and egg yellow.
dDeJ8 TIL The 'Leap Day William' episode of 30 Rock was directed by Steve Buscemi.