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TIL that after his term as president, William Howard Taft returned to a career in law and eventually became Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court

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lv5A TIL “lb” is descended from the Roman libra (hence the abbreviation “lb”); the name pound is a Germanic adaptation of the Latin phrase libra pondo, ‘a pound by weight’. And that’s why “pound” is abbreviated as “lb”.
Y7n4Z TIL that Candy Crush has grossed more than the top 3 movies of all time... combined.
Axrn TIL Men who do not have chest hair are deficient in a particular androgen or male hormones
Nnde TIL that the Bayanzi tribe of the Congo would execute via decapitation with a twist. While alive, the head of the condemned would be connected to a springy sapling so that when it was cut off, it would be thrown through the air “With the force of a bomb”.
n7gB TIL that George R.R. Martin writes his novels using WordStar 4, a DOS program from 1987.