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TIL Cavalry (horses) and Calvary (site of crucifixion) are different word with distinct meanings

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XErvQ TIL That morocco was the first country to recognize USA in 1777.
NYy6 TIL of Excited Delirium Syndrome which “ causes sudden and unexpected death”, it is not recognized by the American Medical Association, and every single person who has ever “died from it” was in police custody at the time of their death.
4ov5 TIL that in 1962, special, hi-tech locks were added to all U.S. nuclear missiles that would prevent launch without a secret, unique launch code. However, military officials quietly circumvented this safeguard by setting every locK to “00000000”. The codes remained unchanged until 1977.
WKEA TIL a woman sued the distributors of the Movie “drive”(2011) and the theater in which she watched the movie,claiming that “it had very little driving”
MeaNa TIL that Jim Cramer worked at a hedge fund and openly explained how to illegally manipulate the stock market. He is now the most familiar face on TV for financial advice.