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TIL there’s a poem called “The Chaos” by Gerard Nolst Trenité which was written to show differences in pronunciation of English words spelled similarly and only rhymes if you know how to pronounce them correctly.

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9bNp TIL that every military working dog is always one rank higher than its handler so that mistreatment of the dog is considered assault on an officer of higher rank.
RPaw TIL Jimmy Carter said if he became president, he would release all government UFO information to the public. Once elected, he decided not to due to “national security concerns.”
JwLm TIL that virtually no one in Europe seriously believed the Earth was flat before Columbus’ voyages–this view comes not from historical fact, but from a Washington Irving book
E1jV TIL When Julius Caesar was captured and held hostage by pirates, he told them he would crucify them all personally. The pirates took it as a joke, but when the ransom was paid, Caesar raised a fleet, captured the pirates, and crucified them.
rNkW TIL the Doctor who claimed a link between vaccines and autism created fraudulent data for his paper and lost his medical license as a result.