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TIL that after filling up a sheet of paper with text, people used to continue writing over the text at a right angle to save paper

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5V5ZD TIL of small medieval knife called ‘Bollock dagger’ and used to stab people in the kidneys
BpLr TIL that until 1978 the Mormon church taught that blacks were once an evil race of Jews who were colored by God for their wickedness.
Wbeo TIL that 7 of the first 8 Olympic Gold Medals in The Hammer Throw, were won by Irishmen born within a 30 mile radius of each other
GAv4g TIL what are the essential components of an AI backend infrastructure and how to build it with a no-code tool
6gZ7 TIL a French explorer was marooned for 40 months on an island so remote that it takes a month to reach it today.