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TIL “huh?” is a universal word and is found in roughly the same form and function in spoken languages across the globe.

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Br5ox TIL of Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus, a Roman emperor who lived a simple life on a farm and only took power as Dictator of Rome when people asked him to save the republic. During his two reigns, he only stayed in power long enough to get the republic through an emergency, then returned to his farm.
a8J0L TIL that Dunkin has Optional End of day food donation program for franchises to lessen food waste. Introduced in 2021.
wo58Y TIL that President Andrew Jackson befriended a family of white mice in his bedroom. While his daughter tried to eradicate them with poison and traps, he fed them with grain from his mill business.
v17Br TIL that NASA has hired 24 theologians to help them figure out how different religions around the world would react to news of extraterrestrial life.
D1Jrp TIL the largest sum paid for a painting by Giovanni Boldini (€2.1 million) was for one found in an unoccupied and decadent Paris apartment frozen in time since 1942. The painting of his mistress had sat unseen for 68 years after her family fled the Nazi's to never return (rent paid til their death).