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TIL the spot where Julius Caesar was assassinated is now a cat sanctuary for 250 cats.

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D1bbJ TIL that word boondock come from Tagalog bundok ‘mountain.’ American soldiers stationed in the Philippines adopted the word in the early 1900s, shifting the meaning to refer to "an isolated or wild region."
0w4lj Today I learned that 57% of Russians think moon landing was a hoax
E5JW TIL that the reason we say “redhead” instead of “orangehead”“ for hair color is because English didn’t differentiate between the colors until the 1540s, long after the term was coined.
YpaPZ TIL after being thrown from his horse, jockey Ralph Neves was pronounced dead, brought to the morgue, injected with adrenaline to the heart, jumped up, returned to the racetrack, and demanded to be allowed to ride the rest of his mounts that day.
jN15a TIL the German word “treppenwitz” refers to the feeling one gets when they think of a witty comeback or remark long after the moment has passed.