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TIL a moustache is a beard

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965D TIL Harriet Tubman never lost a slave in 19 trips on the Underground Railroad. One of her secrets for not getting caught was drugging kids with opium to keep them from crying.
RPjw TIL of Agloe, a town that was made up by map-makers for copyright purposes. Then a store was built there and the owners called it the Agloe General Store, based on the name on their map. Because a store was built there, the fake town was regarded as real decades after the store went out of business.
6EPPX TIL about the actual creator of DOS (CP/M), desktop computers, Cd's and more; Gary Kildall, the forgotten father of the modern computer.
VBp14 TIL those who pay off their credit card balance each month are known as “deadbeats” in the financial world
d8oPE TIL that the middle finger was used as an insult since ancient times. It was supposed to be an erect penis and represents a sexual threat, giving a whole new meaning to “Fuck you”.