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d87o7 TIL the mites that live on your face are related to ticks and spiders. They eat the oil from your skin, hide in your pores, have sex on your face while you sleep, and can tell researchers where your ancestors came from.
mxpoP TIL One of the founders of Starbucks returned a priceless collection of Chinese coins owned by his grandfather and donated it to the Shanghai Mint Museum in 2010. Its earliest piece is a coin mold dating back to 200 B.C., during the reign of Qin Shihuang
xVpn7 TIL that dogs were once used in kitchens to turn spits for roasting meats. The Canis vertigus, or turnspit, was an essential part of every large kitchen in Britain in the 16th century. The small cooking canine was bred to run in a wheel that turned a roasting spit in cavernous kitchen fireplaces.