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TIL Google rents goats to replace lawnmowers at their Mountain View headquarters

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AQ1n TIL the abbreviated title “Mrs.” isn’t actually derived from the word “missus”, but rather from “mistress” instead. Addressing a woman as a mistress used to be considered a courtesy, until the term took on the less-dignified meaning we know it by today.
b647N TIL that the US had something called “ugly laws”
Y7Mwd TIL that the song "Who Let the Dogs Out" was actually performed by the Baha Men, not the Baja Boys, as I spent my entire life believing
v1Q1B TIL The idea of “common sense” comes from the Ancient Greek concept of Nous, the “common sense” humans were believed to have to recognize truth that was distinct from rationality
OGAlY TIL the Republican party, as much as they decry deficits, are consistently worse about them