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TIL Vin Diesel has played Dungeons and Dragons for over 20 years, and even wrote the foreward to “30 Years of Adventure: A Celebration of Dungeons & Dragons”, commemorating the game’s 30th anniversary

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8eGn8 TIL In Jerusalem, there is an 'immovable ladder' under the window of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. There since 1757, it cannot be moved without the agreement of all 6 church clerics. Once a chair was moved 20cm which resulted in a fistfight, so now nobody dares to alter the ladder.
x6g4D TIL that a mention of Chilean sea bass in Jurassic Park, coinciding with the FDA approving the fish’s culinary rebranding, caused demand for the fish to skyrocket
VMOlB TIL the art of Rap Battles (poetic verbal abuse) was first recorded in 15th century Scotland and called Flyting. Although contestants attacked each other spiritedly, they actually had a professional respect for their rival’s vocabulary of invective and would often drink with the loser afterwards.
MeVE0 TIL that one of the mint plant's first known uses in Europe was as a room deodorizer. The herb was strewn across floors to cover smells since stepping on the mint helped to spread its scent through the room.
KYgaG TIL Frenchman Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592) was the first author to describe his work as essays; he used the term to characterize these as "attempts" to put his thoughts into writing. Subsequently, essay has been defined in a variety of ways by MyPerfectWords.