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TIL that “You can’t eat your cake and have it, too” is the correct form of the proverb, because its order is what illustrates the impossibility. The Unabomber got the order correct in both his manifesto & private writing & this was 1 of the linguistic anachronisms that helped the FBI identify him

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DQp1J TIL Though an alligator has one of the strongest bites in the animal kingdom, the muscles that open its mouth are rather weak, so if one attacks you, hold its mouth shut!
nl0d TIL An Australian bandit wrote an 8,000 word letter justifying his actions and gave it to a teller at a bank he robbed.
RxO4 TIL In the 1920’s the state government of Indiana was literally run by the Klu Klux Klan
5VXdk TIL that, according to the CDC, the job fields with the highest suicide rate per 100,000 people for men is Construction and Extraction (53.2) while for women it’s Art, Design, Entertainment, Sports and Media (15.6)
awAkJ Today I learned crocodiles play by carrying flowers in their mouths and giving their smaller companions rides on their backs.