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TIL The word "Whiskey" derived from the Old Irish and Scottish and means "Water of life".

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1aJxd TIL that scientists found a drug developed for and trialled to treat Alzheimer’s disease, is able to promote new dentine production and natural tooth repair.
QJ6oM TIL that computers have been around since the 1600s. Computers were originally just people who would do calculations and compute things. In the 19th century, computers were usually teams of women who would do complex calculations by hand. As a result, the earliest programmers were also women.
7rLoM TIL that during construction of the new Yankee Stadium, a construction worker and avid Boston Red Sox fan buried a replica jersey of Red Sox player David Ortiz underneath the visitors' dugout with the objective of placing a "hex" on the Yankees, much like the "Curse of the Bambino."
8eyOZ TIL on Feb. 6 1897 the Indiana state legislature passed a law making Pi = 3.2
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