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Today I learned that the Jacuzzi (of hot tub fame) name only exists because immigration staff misspelled the name Iacuzzi.

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Yp0PA TIL The last letter to be added to our alphabet was “J.”
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gMweL TIL about Marco Bragadin gruesomely killed, first dragged around with sacks of stone on his back; then tied to a chair and hoisted up a Turkish flagship, then tied to a column and flayed alive, then his skin was stuffed and redressed in his military clothes, then rode on an ox around town
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