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TIl - The word Barbarian came from Greek meaning anyone who does not speak ancient greek because to the Greek, all other languages sounded like : BAR BAR BAR BAR BAR

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4XmpJ TIL In 2012 a staute of Jesus in India started to drip water mysteriously from its toes. Locale worshippers[Hindu+Muslim+Christian] started to collect that water and some even drank it. The source of water was later found to be a faulty sewage system.
XEJyE TIL that FDR likely did not have polio as is commonly believed. A retrospective analysis conducted in 2003 claimed that there was a 99% chance FDR had Guillain-Barré syndrome instead, which has similar symptoms but was unknown in America at the time.
eplPL TIL that despite gambling being illegal in Japan, Pachinko makes up 4% of their GDP.
D1M6p TIL the bassist of the band Explosions in the Sky (famous for the Friday Night Lights soundtrack) got detained in an airport post-9/11 when "This Plane Will Crash Tomorrow” was found written on his guitar. The phrase was coincidentally on the album artwork of their latest release right before 9/11.
5YQJR TIL wine contains minute amounts of super heavy water that can be used to determine the age of vintage wines.