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TIL: Lucifer is Latin for “light bringer”

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APwo TIL that Watercress is the most nutrient dense vegetable. It contains more vitamin C than oranges, more vitamin E than broccoli, more calcium than whole milk and more iron than spinach!
ppAb TIL the longest marriage on record ended this year when Karam Chand died in England. He and his wife had been married for 90 years.
1a5lD TIL Canada holds 25% of the world’s freshwater, is surrounded by 3 oceans, and contains over 2 million lakes
nenJG TIL that the NFL made a commitee to falsify information to cover up brain damage in their players
MeA87 TIL that The Imp of the Perverse is a metaphor for the urge to do exactly the wrong thing in a given situation for the sole reason that it is possible for wrong to be done. The impulse is compared to an imp (a small demon) which leads an otherwise decent person into mischief.