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TIL: Gold has been worth more than platinum since late 2014.

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WL4N TIL that during medieval inquisitions , after you were accused, but before anything else happened , you were required to name anybody who hated you , if even one of the people who you named was actually your accuser, you were immediately set free , and you could name as many people as you wanted.
O4Ge TIL that many major religions (Greek, Roman, Viking, Hindu, Jewish, Christian, Muslim) are all thought to stem from a single Proto-Indo-European religion
6nWm TIL that in the Great Depression in the 1930’s, Canada had zero bank failures compared to over 9,000 failed banks in the USA.
9Y1br Today I learned that Elvis Costello went by the pseudonym “Napoleon Dynamite” for his 1986 LP “Blood and Chocolate.” Jared Hess, Director of the 2004 film claims there is no connection.
Wkoxd TIL T.G.I. Friday's founder Alan Stillman, despite having no restaurant business experience, opened the restaurant because the neighborhood he lived in had many young, single people and he wanted to meet women.