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TIL that in order to promote national peace, founding father Benjamin Rush wanted to establish the position of Secretary of Peace, and at the same times post signs such as "An office for butchering the human species" and "An office for creating famine" above the office of the Secretary of War.

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DVJP TIL that the correct plural for octopus is either ‘octopuses’ or 'octopodes’, NOT 'octopi’. Octopus is derived from Greek, not Latin.
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OGYve TIL about the Beech Blight Aphid or the “Boogie-Woogie Aphid" that dances when freighted
e0laE TIL in order to charge more for cinnamon Arab traders claimed that the sticks were used by deadly birds to build their nest. The only way to get it was to trick the bird into trying fill its nest with heavy pieces of meat. The nest would fall and the cinnamon would be taken before the birds attacked
7r7Zx TIL: Microorganisms constitute more than 90% of the biomass in the sea. It is estimated that viruses kill approximately 20% of this biomass each day, and that there are 15 times as many viruses in the oceans as there are bacteria and archaea