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TIL when illiterate people signed documents with an X, they would kiss the X before witnesses as a sign of sincerity. Hence an X at the end of an email = a kiss

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MVJA TIL in the 17th century the Roman Catholic Church ruled that the beaver was a fish so that the general prohibition on the consumption of meat on Fridays during Lent did not apply to beaver meat
RoGj TIL that the US almost passed a bill to fill its rivers with hippos as a source of meat.
D1Ykv TIL that American actor Vincent D'Onofrio holds the record for the most weight gained by an actor in a movie, having gained 70 lb (32 kg) for a total weight of 280 lb (130 kg) for his portrayal of Pvt. Leonard Lawrence in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket (1987)
mkOP TIL that in 2009, for the first time in world history, the number of people living in urban areas surpassed the number of people living in rural areas.
8GVX TIL that women who swallow semen are less likely to develop preeclampsia.