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TIL in sign language your name is an individual hand movement designed by yourself

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VMo4Q TIL that as the Roman Emperor Vespasian was dying with severe diarrhea, he remarked "Dear me, I think I'm becoming a god" before succumbing to his illness.
4LbR TIL in 2000, a man in pennsylvania terrorized local markets by stealthily crumbling thousands of dollars worth of baked goods in their packaging for three years.
9wQM6 TIL researchers discovered a collection of species in a hydrothermal vent in the Arctic named Loki's Castle. These species, which they named Asgard, have microscopic sizes but share many features of eukaryotes (mammals, reptiles, etc.). It's now believed that we may have all evolved from Asgard.
E1Mm0 TIL that in most states in America, employers are are not federally required to provide meal breaks of rest breaks to employees
x68RD TIL One artist created the mascot for 100+ universities and many are duplicates due to historical regionalization of schools.