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TIL ‘Scot’ is a Old English word meaning 'tax’. To say that someone got off 'scot free’ means they avoided a tax they were expected to pay.

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lwxG TIL James Watson, one of the scientists who discovered the helical structure of DNA, believes that stupidity is a disease and stupid people should be “cured”
mxGLp TIL that the Snowbirds less than 6ft apart from each other during formation. That’s closer than we are currently allowed with physical distancing guidelines.
4jdX TIL that one of the last samurais was a female, Nakano Takeko, who asked her sister to cut off her head when she was shot, so the enemies could not take it as trophy.
XEwpX TIL 70’s bush was so big because they were wigs called Merkins, used to allow certain levels of nudity in movies. Modern period piece movies use Merkins to mimic how hollywood portrayed 70’s bush.
M4Mb TIL that Blue Fin Tuna is one of the largest Tuna in the world, a top predator that helps regulate our seas, and we’ve almost driven it to complete extinction.