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TIL that Hound Dog was not originally written for Elvis Presley

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9PMQ TIL Jews are stereotyped as “cheap” because in the Middle Ages the Catholic Church forbade Christians to lend money with interest and Jews were legally restricted to certain occupations, so many Jews became “Money Lenders” and were subsequently labeled as greedy and money-mad.
W7w7d TIL in 1967, Australia's prime minister vanished by swimming in the ocean and never coming back. Australians fondly named a swimming pool in his honour.
4jWN TIL that there is a Pirate Stock Exchange in Somalia, where any one can invest with money or weapons, and bet on the results of hijacking.
dD9j TIL that not caring whether there is a god or not is called Apatheism.
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