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TIL: The phrase "A jack of all trades" is actually a compliment. I always thought this was an insult to those who did multiple things rather than specializing in something until I learned the full phrase: "A jack of all trades is a master of none, but often times better than a master of one."

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6Ew8m Today I Learned that Roman doctors used to drink their patients urine in order to diagnose disease, such as diabetes.
NvQ6 TIL that “Rubber duck debugging” is when a programmer explains his code to a rubber duck in hopes of finding a bug
0MKN TIL Linda Hamilton’s twin sister was her double in Terminator II. She appeared as a reflection in the mirror and as the T-1000 disguise of Sarah Conner.
9BoD TIL of John O'neil an FBI agent that tried warning the government of Bin Laden and was forced out of the bureau. He went on to work security the the World Trade Center
OG9GR TIL during the period aptly named as "the great dying" 57% of biological families on earth, uncluding 81% of marine life and 70% of terrestrial vertebrate went extinct. The likely cause is volcanic activity turned the oceans toxic and released toxic gas like sulfuric dioxide into the air