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TIL they are called Brussels sprouts, not brussel sprouts

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e0g5b TIL the word "daily" in the Lord's Prayer ("our daily bread") translates from the ancient Greek word "epiousios," which appears twice in the New Testament and nowhere else in any known ancient Greek text. We're not 100% sure of its meaning-some say it means "necessary" or "for the future" instead.
E1NKX TIL there was an experiment where three people, who each believed they were Jesus Christ, were made roommates at a psychiatric ward. At first, they argued over who was holiest and even fistfought. Eventually, each patient wrote the other two off as being crazy.
wnPP TIL during the late 1800s a baboon was employed by the railroad as a signalman. He never once made a mistake and worked for the railroad until his death.
Bxpb TIL: Australia committed genocide against the Aboriginal, native people from 1910-1970 in an effort to create a “white Australia.”
aQ7J TIL friends and family of writer Henery David Thoreau were shocked by his tranquil acceptance of death. When asked on his deathbed if “he had made peace with God” he responded “I did not know we had ever quarreled.”