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TIL Frank Sinatra jr died before his mother. How that happened I'll never know.

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66b8 TIL that “saying uncle” originated in Roman times, when “Uncle” was a term for a respected elder. Being called “uncle” usually satisfied a bully’s ego and ended the torment.
p00e TIL that although Jewish people make up only 0.2% of the world’s population, they have won over 1/5 of the Nobel prizes since it first began.
WkXeX TIL Microfilm, a way to store documents by photographing them and reducing the size of the photograph up to 99% of the original. Is surprisingly robust, being difficult to destroy and can apparently last up to 900 years.
xV4aD TIL that in some regions of Bangladesh, people fish using otters. Humans have used otters to fish for over 1400 years.
M7Lg7 TIL of Elizabeth Báthory. She is alleged to have killed more than 600 people in order to drink their blood and bathe in it, ostensibly to preserve her youth.