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TIL: That term bullshit is not actually derived from A Bull’s shit as commonly understood. But actually old French word bole meaning fraud, deceit.

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DQeKj TIL about John Rabe. A German representative in China who used his Nazi credentials and influence to save 200,000 Chinese citizens from being slaughtered by Japanese forces in 1937 during the Nanjing Massacre.
GZvQ TIL that Mark Twain gave a lecture on Masturbation in which he poked fun at those who shunned the practice by making up quotes such as, “Homer, in the second book of the Iliad, says with fine enthusiasm, “Give me masturbation or give me death!”
eEaE TIL that a Lemonade Tree is a real thing, and it bears fruit that naturally tastes like lemonade.
7rEOp TIL The Ottomans sent £1000 pounds to the Irish as aid during the potato famine. The sultan attempted to send more, but the British told him not to so as to not donate more than Queen Victoria.
E0mx TIL When 14-year-old George Stinney was executed in the electric chair he was too short for the chair so he used his Bible as a booster seat.