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yVZ7l TIL Quebec banned all children under 16 years of age from attending movie theaters until 1961 due to a fire in a movie theater that killed 78 people, mostly children and teenagers, in 1927
Eg8pd TIL That Ancient Romans used to bleach their clothing because it contained ammonia, an effective cleaning agent.
NXPRe TIL the streets of Ancient Rome were filled with jars that Roman men were free to use to relieve themselves. The jars were collected by fullers, who aged the urine and used it to launder clothes. The trade was so lucrative that Emperor Vespasian taxed the urine they collected.