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TIL Christopher Columbus may have been jewish

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jNvKj TIL that the British invented the word “soccer” to differentiate between Rugby Football and Association Football. They then promptly forgot that they did this and have been blaming the Americans for a problem which they created ever since. (Classic England)
7rOGb TIL: In 1631, a misprint in the King James Bible turned the Seventh Commandment into "Thou shalt commit adultery". Most bibles were burned, but the few that remain have sold for thousands of pounds.
8W1V TIL a journalist suffered a massive stroke, woke up completely paralyzed except for his left eyelid, and wrote his memoir over the course of ten months just by blinking. He died 10 days after the book was released to fantastic reviews.
oB9Ar TIL luxury brands like Prada and Louis Vuitton have worse records for using forced labor than many cheaper and 'fast fashion' brands
69mBJ TIL HSV-1 causes up to about half of all new genital herpes cases despite most commonly causing oral herpes (cold sores)