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TIL that the word "dude" was first used in the late 1800s as a term of mockery for young men who were overly concerned with keeping up with the latest fashions

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rNYVW TIL that the Large Hadron Collider had so many unusual failures that noted physicists submitted papers with the notion that its operation is so abhorrent that it was being sabotaged....by someone from the future.
Bgyye TIL there is a Swiss savory pastry with potatoes, vegetables, fruits, and cheese called "cholera"
X1EP TIL A man raised his arm for 38 years without EVER putting it down.
9Y18Q TIL that according to an analysis of 1.6 billion words from 41,829 issues of 132 newspapers from 1830 to 1860, George Washington's 1796 Farewell Address was still "going viral" nearly half a century after it was first published
p8e8Q Pain does not equal gain, and soreness does not mean you got a good workout. The good news? The reverse is also true.