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TIL the famous headline "Foot Heads Arms Body" (published after Michael Foot was chosen to be the chair of a nuclear disarmament committee) was written by a sub editor as a joke and never intended to be published

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6aXQ TIL USPS Mail Delivery Vehicles are 25-30 years old & use engines designed in the 1970’s that get 10 MPG
e0g5b TIL the word "daily" in the Lord's Prayer ("our daily bread") translates from the ancient Greek word "epiousios," which appears twice in the New Testament and nowhere else in any known ancient Greek text. We're not 100% sure of its meaning-some say it means "necessary" or "for the future" instead.
KYMlR TIL when roosters crow, they lean their heads back, totally covering their ear canal and acting as an earplug to protect themselves from getting deaf from their own loud crowing.
nWk5Y TIL that vets perform surgery on fish. For longer procedures they keep the gills wet while the surgery is performed out of the water.
D1rwD TIL A nudity drinking trivia video game called "The Guy Game" was released in 2004 on Xbox and PS2 and was subsequently immedietely banned once released due to featuring an underage girl.