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TIL that during WWII, ‘Rumor Clinics’ were set up to dispel morale-damaging gossip.

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p8Q1p TIL The symbol "℞", sometimes transliterated as "Rx", is recorded in 16th century manuscripts as an abbreviation of the late Latin instruction recipe, meaning 'take thou'. Originally abbreviated Rc, the later convention of using a slash to indicate abbreviation resulted in the modern common symbol.
wLkj1 TIL that Members of Congress have been receiving free copies of the magazine Hustler every month since 1983.
BgXgx TIL Despite its large population and high overall density, Mumbai has a maximum Floor Area Ratio (FAR) of about 1.3, even in some of the most central locations. New York is less dense but allows a FAR of 15
wL9JJ TIL that over his 78 year career (from age 13 to 91) Pablo Picasso produced about 147,800 pieces of art, consisting of 13,500 paintings, 100,000 prints and engravings, 300 sculptures and ceramics and 34,000 illustrations.
AdAw TIL that in the 1300s, some fellows from Modena stole a bucket from Bologna (both in Italy), resulting in a great deal of humiliation for the Bolognese. They declared war, had a battle with around 2,000 casualties (split between both sides), and failed to reclaim the bucket.