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TIL that the traditional Mongolian script is ultimately derived from Ancient Egyptian Heirogliphics

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e0EPD TIL that the Nike slogan was inspired by the last words of a serial killer before he was executed
kBRd TIL that the opening dialog in the Daft Punk song “Contact” is taken from real NASA recordings of the Apollo 17 mission.
0wr5p TIL a F-105D fighter jet nicknamed Pussy Galore "boosted moral" of refueling tanker planes by featuring a naked woman whose genitals marked the refuel "docking" port.
v1LER TIL since 2011 in Maricopa county Arizona restaurants can avoid posting failed inspection grades from the health department by opting out of the heating system at inspection time
B7XW TIL that there is an entire industry to help students cheat to get their degrees by having papers written by unemployed professors. If my students are using it, they don’t get caught for plagiarism because the papers are new. The company blames “the academic system” for being corruptable.