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TIL the word “slave” is derived from “Slav” since many Slavs were commonly enslaved in the early Middle Ages

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XOpP TIL that the title for the Longest Recorded Sniper kill shot at 2,815 m is held by an Australian Special Forces Sniper in Afghanistan. Unlike the others in the top 10, the Australian was remained unnamed as he was fighting with a secret identity.
gMLXy TIL that teppanyaki is not a traditional Japanese method of cooking and dates back only to 1945, when the first teppanyaki steakhouse opened in Japan.
R7ORa TIL of Mark Roberts, a man from England who has streaked at more than 565 international events. He has his own set of 'rules' for streaking: don't interrupt the play of a game, be prepared to spend an evening in jail, have a good lawyer on hand, and don't eat spicy food the night before a streak
P7Yw TIL based on a 1986 statute, that the US government considers communication older than 180-days (i.e., old emails, neglected mailboxes) to have been abandoned by the intended recipient and can sift through those forsaken documents without a warrant or cause for suspicion
jlEp TIL President Nixon, after many years of refusing to release his tax returns for review, said “People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I am not a crook.” After the investigation, he was forced to pay $465,000 in back taxes he owed.