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TIL that printers sometimes call the exclamation mark (!) a 'dog's cock'

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W7olY TIL that Superman's name in Hebrew is translated as Kal, meaning "voice", and El, meaning "of God." So his name literally means the voice of God. Though Superman is mostly interpreted as a Christ allegory today, the entire thing is actually based on Moses. Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster were Jewish
em0b TIL Baghdad, considered to be currently among the least hospitable places to live on earth, was once the cultural and scholarship center of the world during the Islamic Golden Age.
RMxw TIL The lion used in the original MGM movie logo killed its trainer and two assistants the day after the logo was filmed.
YpRBA TIL a toilet cleaner in the Netherlands was advertised using the slogan "We, the people at Toilet Duck, recommend Toilet Duck." The slogan is still being used as today a general saying to dispute the independence of an expert when his statements align with his self-interest.
DQ0Mv TIL that ancient Native Americans consumed a highly caffeinated ceremonial beverage of roasted holly leaves called cacina, or black drink. Conquistadores who consumed the drink daily provide some of the earliest written accounts of caffeine addiction.