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TIL that the word "pumpernickel" can literally translate to "devil's fart" because of the bread's "reputed indigestibility"

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8ad8Z TIL that 5000 years ago people in what is now Scotland carved intricate baseball sized stone balls in varied shapes and we don't know why.
plOO TIL The San Diego Padres resign ‘Padre For Life’ Matt LaChappa to a minor-league contract every year, and will continue to do so for the rest of his life.
GALKE TIL that in 1929, Charles Lawson took his family Christmas shopping and had a photo taken just days before he murdered his wife and six of his children on Christmas Day, then killed himself. Only his eldest son, Arthur, survived as he was sent on an errand before the tragedy.
XBK8 TIL that when the Super Bowl and the Presidential Inauguration conflicted, the President did the coin toss ceremony for the Super Bowl and had his public inauguration the next day.
b9DXE TIL that after executing over 1,000 Ukrainian intellectuals between October 27 and November 3, 1937, Soviet executioner Mikhail Metveyev was given a commemorative gift of a record player/radio and a set of records, for his "selfless work in the struggle against counter-revolution".