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TIL Pythagorean cup is a cup that automatically empties itself if you fill it too much.

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Zx9Y TIL JFK promised to abolish segregation with the stroke of a pen but after two years of an unfulfilled promise, African Americans in mass sent pens to the White House with letters reading “in case you needed that pen” which led him to sign an order to ban racial discrimination in wages
WEw4 TIL A 16-year-old Xhosa girl had a vision that to defeat the British soldiers the tribe should kill all the cattle and destroy the crops. Tens of thousands died in the resulting famine
XEAwD TIL that USPS collects all letters addressed to Santa and allows people to “adopt” a letter and fulfill the gift request, helping children in low income situations experience Santa and a Christmas they might usually not
e0A4D TIL that the term "Cut to the chase" originated from the American film industry's silent movies of the 1920's. These were often laden with obligatory romantic plot-lines that young audiences would find boring, but ended with exciting car or boat chase scenes.
5YBK8 TIL about Centerbe (italian for "one hundred herbs"), a liqueur made by aromatic herbs obtained of about one hundred species of wild mountain herbs, expertly selected and collected on the slopes of the Abruzzo mountains,according to an ancient Benedictine recipe.