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TIL the name Caesar was pronounced “kaisar” in latin, just like the german word “Kaiser” (emperor in english)

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LPOZ TIL the first person in history whose name we know is Kushim, an accountant from Mesopotamia who lived around 3200 B.C.
VQ48 TIL contrary to popular belief, most people who are bitten by black widow spiders suffer no serious damage, let alone death.
V6gZ TIL that in my home state of Florida it is legal to engage in incest, just so long as you, and your partner are the same sex…
VMRyQ TIL John D Rockefeller Jr was forced to testify to the Commission of Industrial Relations for his role in (and blamed in the media for masterminding) the 1913 Ludlow Massacre where 21 people including women and children were killed in an attack on a camp of striking coal workers.
PMmn TIL the United States accepts more legal immigrants than every other nation on Earth combined