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TIL that “giddyup” is a contraction of “get thee up”

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ABAB TIL We landed a man on the moon before Alabama allowed interracial Marriage.
QJQYe TIL that James Cameron altered just one scene of the night sky when Rose is on the raft because according to Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, the star field Rose sees wasn't accurate for the time and place. Cameron asked him for the correct one and changed it for the Titanic re-release in 2012.
low9K TIL that Ancient Greek & Roman statues weren’t originally white but were once painted in vivid, bright colours
LPer TIL when Charlie Chaplin was a teenager he went to a pub and asked for a glass of water, but got so spooked by the gentleman serving the drink that he fled. It was found several weeks later that the man was a serial killer who gave poisonous water to his new brides and watched them suffer to death.
9Epr TIL multiple people have died of heart attacks while eating at The Heart-Attack Grill in Vegas. Once, the owner brought the cremated remains of a customer who died of a heart-attack while in his restaurant to a TV interview.