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6EpaJ TIL The Big Ben is the name of the bell, not the Clock Tower and it sounds an E Natural
4a9J TIL A shibboleth is a word that can only be said correctly by native speakers. During WW2, American troops used the word “lollapalooza” to check unidentified people. Japanese spies would often go to areas posing as allied men, if the first two syllables come back as rorra, they would kill them.
dDmOZ TIL how human started to celebrate New Year. The earliest recorded festivities date back 4,000 years to ancient Babylon. Later Caesar instituted January 1st as the first day of the year to honor Janus, the Roman god of beginnings.
BgpeL TIL that outlaw John Wesley Hardin was killed by John Selman. Selman was in turn killed by George Scarborough. Six years later, Scarborough was shot dead.
e0dN5 TIL diclofenac is toxic to some birds and its use in livestock is linked to a drop in vulture populations, which causes a rise in feral dogs populations and an increased risk of rabies transmission