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TIL The use of “Ace High” in cards symbolizes the replacement of the nobility by the common man, originating from the French Revolution.

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rNJQx TIL a waitress was tipped a lottery ticket and won $10,000,000. She was then sued by her colleagues for their share. Then she was sued by the man who tipped her the ticket. Then she was kidnapped by her ex husband, and shot him in the chest. Then she went to court against the IRS.
X0GAk TIL actor Shane West served as touring vocalist for the punk rock band Germs from 2005 to 2009.
XNWD TIL in 2016 when the UK voted on Boaty McBoatface as the name for a research vessel, almost 7000 people voted for a different name: “RRS I Like Big Boats & I Cannot Lie”.
7BbX TIL that some older PCs would play Für Elise through their motherboard speakers to indicate hardware failure. Other tunes occasionally heard included “It’s a Small, Small World” and “Eye of the Tiger.”
lmQa TIL: There are more than 450 different english translations of the bible. They all say things differently and It has been discovered that there are translation errors in all the popular english versions. Many christians may have beliefs based off a mistranslation.