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TIL: A lawyer wrote a BS threatening letter to The Cleveland Browns, they responded by warning him that “some asshole” must be impersonating him and sending threatening letters.

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Orb7 TIL that the ancient Greeks used the term barbarian for anyone who didn’t speed Greek, including ancient Egyptians, as another language sounded like ‘bar bar bar’ to the Greeks which lead to the term 'barbarian’
nQ8Y TIL Winston Churchill and Charlie Chaplin were friends. On one occasion, Churchill taught Chaplin how to do brick laying, which was one of Winston’s favourite hobbies.
nVG9 TIL the phrase “I’ve fallen, and I can’t get up” is a registered trademark of Life Alert.
oRYlL TIL in 1947, Kurt Godel discovered a "loophole" in the US constitution that would permit American democracy to be turned into a dictatorship.