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TIL that abracadabra is actually a Hebrew (or Aramaic) phrase meaning “I create what I speak”

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Egxv7 TIL that cousin marriage is more like "a norm" than a "taboo/exception" and only half of the US states ban it.
wy1o TIL that millionaire Jimi Heselden bought the Segway company in 2010 then died the same year from falling off an 80 foot cliff on a Segway
aQYb TIL only 11% of kamikaze pilots hit their targets.
neXYB TIL That a Johnny Cash statue will replace a Confederate figure on Capitol Hill
Nyp6 TIL there is actually a law in Arizona called the “Stupid Motorist Law”