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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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OGyXa TIL about the Venera Program (1961-1984), the Soviet space program that set a number of achievements in space exploration, consisting of sixteen probes made. Thirteen successfully Venusian atmosphere, and ten successfully made planet fall.
epOAb TIL "yt ppl" refers to “white people”
oYjA TIL that Alan Greenspan once tried to have his dissertation banned from New York University. When a copy was obtained by Barron’s, it was found to be “a discussion of soaring housing prices and their effect on consumer spending; it even anticipates a bursting housing bubble.”
mxvgE TIL when Norway first discovered oil, Iraqi geologist, Farouk Al-Kasim, warned Norway how private companies can take advantage of a country's oil wealth. As a result of his advice Norway had invested its wealth to create a fund of over US$1 Trillion. He knighted in 2012 by the King of Norway.
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