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

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Z80nR TIL: The central spire on the Notre Dame was built almost 600 years later in the 19th century amid a broad restoration effort, partly buoyed by the success of Victor Hugo's novel "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame" in 1831.
ANJmx TIL Belgian scientist Georges Lemaître died on 20 June 1966, shortly after having learned of the discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation, which provided further evidence for his proposal about the birth of the universe, the "Big Bang Theory"
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