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TIL Noah Webster thought "Beauty" should be pronounced "Booty" (From his 1828 dictionary and Bill Bryson's The Mother Tongue)

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bmxZ TIL that so many government cover-ups by the Soviet Union were uncovered through Gorbachev’s Perestroika reforms that all school history exams were cancelled in the 1988 school year.
ZylD TIL…that in one form or another “the golden rule” quote is present in almost every single religion (here is a complete list with the quotes)…
1XAD TIL on April 8th, 1999, major US food companies met to discuss the impact of their products on people’s health. A proactive strategy was rejected, as they concluded that reducing salt, sugar and fat for the purpose of public health had the potential to decrease palatability and profitability.
DKle TIL printer ink costs $4,285 per litre. In comparision, Chanel No. 5 perfume sells at 1,600.
JKEl TIL the Italian alphabet only has 21 letters. If the letters j, k, w, x or y appear in a word, it is because the word has been borrowed from a different language.