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TIL: Space Debris Is Falling From the Sky—And It’s More Dangerous Than You Think

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BrV4W TIL that the word "board" in the term "room and board" refers to "food" because "board" is a old word for "table", and a table is the thing food is commonly served on.
6ee7 TIL women in ancient Rome wore the sweat of Gladiators to improve their beauty and complexion
gM4k7 TIL Jodi Arias avoided getting executed because of a single holdout on the jury. The holdout was a woman who didn't believe in 'revenge' and left the other 11 jurors enraged.
0d9gN TIL that the second-highest mountain in the world, K2, has an overall death rate of 13% and only 377 people have successfully climbed it (compared to 11,258 Everest summits).
wLvKP TIL the five-dot pattern commonly found on six-sided dice is called a Quincunx.