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TIL that only half of Americans believe global warming is caused by human actions.

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7rv7b TIL that "ye", as in "ye olde whatever", is pronounced 'the'. It comes from typesetters using y instead of the Old English letter þ which is a th sound.
xA05 TIL In 1996, a woman committed suicide in a cemetary wearing headphones, having listened to a cassette tape of Mel Brooks; an 8 inch Christmas tree, Jeff Foxworthy & Monty Python tapes in her bag, wearing DNR medic bracelet with a suicide note signed -Jane Doe
epeMg TIL a family in Georgia claimed to have passed down a song in an unknown language from the time of their enslavement; scientists identified the song as a genuine West African funeral song in the Mende language that had survived multiple transmissions from mother to daughter over multiple centuries
P19vO TIL: Horse flies have razer sharp stabbing organs with two pairs of cutting blades and a spongelike part to lap up the blood of its victim, unlike the mosquito wich will release a mild anaesthetic to its host, the female Horse fly bite will sting and continue feeding until it is full or dead.
xVODw TIL in 2019 the US government recovered over $3 Billion using the False Claims Act, generally from whistleblower reports.