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TIL the term “suck it” was used almost twice as often in the 1650 as it is now

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nW4A9 TIL about the Index Thomisticus, a 34 year long project beginning in 1946 to make a machine readable concordance of the works of Thomas Aquinas, that required manually recording 10,631,980 Latin words onto punched cards and took a total of 1 million hours of human work to complete
GMm7 TIL that popular holiday plants poinsettias, mistletoe, and holly can cause health issues for cats if ingested.
nvo7 TIL the most powerful commercial radio station ever was WLW (700KHz AM), which during certain times in the 1930s broadcast 500kW radiated power. At night, it covered half the globe. Neighbors within the vicinity of the transmitter heard the audio in their pots, pans, and mattresses.
7rWy7 TIL that the current Pope declared that not only can dogs go to heaven, but all dogs do. WHOSE A GOOD BOY!? All of them, apparently!
PYLVV TIL that Wrinkles the clown was hired by desperate parents in Florida to scare and rein in their misbehaving kids.