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TIL The reason common dice have pips instead of numbers is because their invention predates that of written numbers.

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Yx0Z TIL in Poker, Anna Kournikova is the name for A-K starting hand. So called because “it looks great but doesn’t win anything”.
d8jkK TIL about Hetty Green, the Witch of Wall Street. Know as "the greatest miser", she was said never to turn on the heat or use hot water, wore one dress and undergarments until they worn out, didn't wash her hands and ate fifteen cents pies. Her son lost his leg after she refused to pay.
yVexw TIL there are two living WWII-era heads of state
m1Njy TIL about John Surratt, who fled America following his assistance in the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln. He served with the Pontifical Zouaves in the Papal States before being recognized and was sent back to the U.S. He was released following a mistrial.
gMj8W TIL: Cap’n Crunch’s full name is Horatio Magellan Crunch