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TIL That 523 mostly one of a kind, lost silent films from around the gold rush era, were found buried beneath the permafrost, they were used to fill in a swimming pool and make a skating rink in the small town of Dawson City Yukon

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yQQoX TIL that Belgium has a Time Credit System that entitles employees to take a one year secured absence to prevent burn-out and provide an opportunity to pursue other things in life.
WdnA TIL that there is a ‘your momma’ insult in the bible (2 Kings 9:22). When Joram saw Jehu, he said, “Is it peace, Jehu?” And he answered, “What peace, so long as the harlotries of your mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?”
ngdd TIL Lorenzo Music, the voice of Garfield, volunteered with a suicide hotline. He recalled that sometimes a caller would change their tone upon hearing his voice: “I am bankrupt, my wife ran off with another man… Hey you sound just like that cat on TV!”
BDmK TIL that the current president’s personal minister is an outrageously wealthy pastor that has been under federal investigation for “mismanaged church funds” among six other preachers whom also are outrageously wealth.
kO7Ae TIL there is an English book on atomic theory that avoids all foreign loan words: elements become "firststuffs", hydrogen is "waterstuff", and the title, Uncleftish Beholding, means Atomic Theory