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TIL the English word “juggernaut” is derived from the name of the Hindu deity Jagannatha

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v84j TIL Thomas Jefferson believed blacks were inherently inferior to whites, but were superior in musical ability.
9YEQp TIL the pirate 'Black Bart' believed Irish people to be some of the worst people to have on your crew due to them being highly mutinous. As a result, many people who Bart tried to force into piracy would often fake an Irish accent so they could get out of it.
R7wM7 TIL Aimo Koivunen overdosed on methamphetamine, stepped on a land mine, survived for a week in a ditch by eating pine cones, skied 250 miles and was found weighing 94lb with a heart rate of 200bpm. Then wen ton to live for another 45 years!
neKB TIL that ‘Soccer’ is not an Americanism. It’s short for ‘Association Football’ and was popularised by the captain of the English national team 1894-5.
mxw1y TIL that Japanese iPhones are programmed not to silence the photo shutter sound to prevent upskirt photos.