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TIL that the theory that testifying originates from putting one’s hand on their/another’s genitals is false, and is simply a confusion of the Latin words testis and testiculus.

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E18yd TIL about a 4-foot, hunchbacked, Quaker dwarf named Benjamin Lay, who was a fierce anti-slavery abolitionist. Known as the "Quaker Comet," he used to troll religious elders during meetings and stage bizzare feats of anti-slavery performance art.
Yp1nr TIL that in June 1982 British Airways Flight 9 (callsign Speedbird 9) managed to land safely in Jakarta with no casualties, despite having accidentally flown into a volcanic ash cloud that shut down all four engines and sandblasted the windscreen
wLWWY TIL England has lost 97% of its wildflower meadows since the 1930's 🌿🌻
oB8gr TIL Joe Rogan and Gerard Way (Lead singer for My Chemical Romance) are cousins.
DomV TIL that gray whales mate in threes; the non-dominant male just acts as a brace to hold the female in place so that she doesn’t float away.