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TIL there is an log that has been floating in Crater Lake, Oregon for over 100 years

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v1X1R TIL Fe-Fi-Fo-Fum (from Jack and the Beanstalk) is actually a phrase in Old Gaelic that means “Behold, I see food. It is good to eat and sufficient for my hunger”. So when the Giant sees Jack, he figuratively says “God you look good enough to eat, get in mah belly”.
gZ08 TIL that the area code around Cape Canaveral is 3……….2……….1
oRRpo TIL that the term "blowing smoke up their butt/behind/arse" derives from the 1700s when blowing tobacco smoke in someone's anus was a method used for resuscitating drowning victims.
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