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TIL that instead of saying “the cat’s pyjamas” or “the bee’s knees”, the French say “the baby Jesus in velvet shorts”

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gMd74 TIL that in 2017, a United Nations official investigating poverty in the United States, stated that Alabama had the worst poverty in the entire developed world.
1aPbO TIL that after Spartacus was defeated, Crassus, the commander of the Roman forces, crucified 6,000 of the surviving rebels and lined the road with them—a crucifixion every ~100 feet for over 100 miles.
neVKP TIL In the 1950s and 60s, a Montreal hospital subjected psychiatric patients to electroshocks, drug-induced sleep and huge doses of LSD on behalf of the CIA's pursuit of mind control. It was part of MK ultra
e0dRE TIL that it’s a myth that redheads need more anesthesia
rNN5o Today I learned Obsidian Entertainment (involved in Planescape: Torment, Kotor II, PoE, Fallout series) worked on a prequel game about Snow White and the Seven Dwarves until it was canceled when Disney declared SW 'untouchable'.