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TIL that locksmiths swear the Baldomeric Oath, an oath about professional ethics modeled after the Hippocratic oath, which was named after the 7th century Saint Baldomerus

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kJLd5 TIL Henry Ford was sued for libel by a Jewish farming co-op after publishing in the Dearborn Independent that the co-op was a front for a Jewish conspiracy to monopolize American agriculture. The libel suit led Ford to issue a retraction and public apology, and the Dearborn Independent folded.
VyAQ TIL Yoda, the world’s oldest mouse, was just over 4 years old, the equivalent of about 136 in human years, and lived in quiet seclusion with his cage mate, Princess Leia, in a pathogen-free rest home for geriatric mice.
OG8R TIL that the fastest growing religion in North America and Europe is not Islam, but Buddhism
J1LB4 TIL Antarctica is the Driest Place on Earth
kg84 TIL that a 13-year old boy who fought back against a known bully (who was bigger and older) and accidentally killed him received 12 years in prison.