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TIL all of the JFK files are scheduled to be opened by the end of October.

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j6Eop TIL: To win a battle against the Egyptians, the Persians carried cats which the Egyptians considered sacred and would not harm. This gave the Persians an inital battlefield edge.
66Mm TIL: The original word for “bear” (the animal) has been lost. Superstitious people in medieval times thought that saying the ferocious animal’s name would summon it, so they used a euphemism that meant “the brown one” (“bear”) … The original word was never recorded, so it remains a mystery.
VBoEm TIL Quebec French swear words are based on words and expressions related to Catholicism
JLm TIL that early in Jim Carrey’s life, before he had become famous, both he and his family had to live in their Volkswagen van.
wVeE TIL that children being born are the first in two centuries to have a lower life expectancy than their parents, and the cause of it is obesity