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TIL a moustache is a beard

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BrV8x TIL that the textbook "Teaching with Calvin and Hobbes" is the only rare example of creator Bill Watterson licensing his famous characters for anything. Developed by a speech language pathologist and a learning disabilities educator, this 1993 textbook can cost up to $34,000.
6gYJ TIL that in the 1920’s french scientists found and ate a frozen Mammoth
7rVmb TIL that the word "sophomore" means "wise fool" in Greek, describing the tendency of adolescents to behave so irrationally despite thinking rationally sometimes.
NpD8 TIL that legend of a female Pope exists and while the church claims it is a lie invented by 16th century Protestants, over 100 ancient texts in the Vatican library still reference her existence as Pope.
M7mOa TIL that after losing the Hundred Years War in 1453, English monarchs continued to include the title "King of France" in their style until 1801, 347 years later.