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May 28, 2020

TIL that Aramaic -the language spoken by the historical Jesus- is still being spoken as a mother tongue in a small village in Syria.

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May 05, 2020

TIL that the SOS distress signal was created because of its easiness in morse (· · · – – – · · ·). And not because it is an abbreviation of save our souls or save our ship

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Apr 24, 2020

TIL the term "dude" was first used in the 19th century to mock men who were overly concerned with keeping up with the latest fashion trends

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Apr 13, 2020

TIL that graves became 6 feet deep as a result of the plague in 1665.

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Apr 08, 2020

TIL A SYNANAGRAM is a word whose letters can be rearranged to form a different word with the same meaning—like ‘angered’ and ‘enraged’. ‘Twelve plus one’ is an anagram of ‘eleven plus two.’ and both add up to 13!

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Mar 14, 2020

TIL Before toilet paper, Ancient Romans used a sponge on the end of a long stick that was shared by everyone in the community. When not in use, the stick stayed in a bucket of heavily salted seawater in the communal bathroom.

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Feb 04, 2020

TIL chimpanzees and monkeys are living in their Stone Age and have been for thousands of years.

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Jan 02, 2020

TIL that a bakers dozen is comprised of 13 because in medieval England there were laws that related the price of bread to the price of the wheat used to make it. Bakers caught cheating customers by overpricing undersized loaves were punished. For fear of coming up short, they would throw in extra.

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Dec 14, 2019

TIL that the Canadian term “Hoser” originated from a losing hockey team’s duty to hose down the pond or rink. It’s synonymous with loser.

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Nov 07, 2019

TIL that the fruit, orange, was named before the color, which was commonly referred to as “yellow-red.” Hence why people with orange hair are called “redheads” and not “orangeheads.”

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Sep 14, 2019

TIL that pounds are abbreviated to "lbs" because it is derived from the ancient Roman unit of measure "libra pondo", meaning "a pound by weight". "Pounds" came from the "pondo" part while "lbs" is an abbreviation of the "libra" part.

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Aug 13, 2019

TIL we call people with red hair "red heads" as opposed to "orange heads" because the phrase has been around longer than the colour orange. The colour orange was described as red up until the 1500's when the first reference of orange in the English language can be found.

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Jul 24, 2019

TIL that the word "dude" comes from the word "doodle," as in Yankee Doodle, which means fool or simpleton

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Jul 24, 2019

TIL that the word "dude" comes from the word "doodle," as in Yankee Doodle, which means fool or simpleton

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Apr 23, 2019

TIL that Chicago got its "Windy City" nickname not from its windy weather but rather due to its reputation for braggadocios politicians who were "full of hot air".

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