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TIL of the role of Groom of the Stool, which was initially responsible for supplying their king with a toilet stool, bowl, water, towels, and physically cleaning their anus

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oR79K TIL the first non-stop around-the-world hot air balloon flight occurred in 1999 and lasted 19 days, 21 hours.
4KmR TIL that a man lost about 50%-75% of his brain to hydrocephalus (water on the brian) but still led a normal life. They believe the fluid filled so slowly over his life that the brain remapped itself to function despite the loss of mass.
OAY7 TIL Cancún was made into a tourist destination in 1974 with the Mexican Government investing in 9 hotels. The population in 1970 was 3 people whereas the population in 2010 was 722,880.
nlxd TIL the slogan of Bethesda is “the more you play with us, the bigger we get!”
D1Qxp TIL there are 20 airports in Antarctica