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TIL CIA agents in the 50’s used different lacing patterns to secretly communicate

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L09m TIL The origin of the word “Butterfly” may have come from its yellow excrement and the middle Dutch word boterschijte. The literal meaning is “butter-shitter”.
6EmLJ TIL that 3 presidents--Adams, Jefferson, and Monroe--all died on July 4th. Calvin Coolidge was born on July 4th.
aBZA TIL that African Elephants can instinctively understand human gestures
VMOmD TIL my ancestor lived to 128 years old and fought in the Glorious Revolution and the French Indian War.
xRRw TIL the 1992 Olympics US basketball team (the “Dream Team”) has been called “the most dominant squad ever assembled in any sport”. Magic Johnson said “I look to my right, there’s Michael Jordan … I look to my left, there’s Charles Barkley or Larry Bird … I didn’t know who to throw the ball to!”