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TIL that the incentor of Pilates: Joseph Pilates, took inspiration for his exercises from cats, during British internment during WWI.

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4ko6X TIL that due to the way 1912-era wireless telegraphs worked, when they found obscure second-class Titanic passenger Niqula Nasrallah’s remains the press briefly believed they were those of internationally famous millionaire John Jacob Astor, who’d been in first class.
VBnaD TIL that an annual supply of bottled water for a person who consumes 8 glasses a day would cost approximately $200; the same amount of tap water would cost approximately $0.33.
d8pPd TIL that in the 50s and 60s, American chiropractors held a series of rather unusual beauty pageants where contestants were judged and winners picked not only by their apparent beauty and poise, but also their standing posture (backed with X-rays of their spines, of course).
yAjp TIL in the 18th century, stage actor Robert “Romeo” Coates was so bad, yet self-assured with his acting, that theaters would sell out from sheer curiosity. He’d often act out dramatic death scenes multiple times, frighten Juliet, and once came back on stage with a crowbar to pry open Capulet’s tomb.
d845Q TIL that the Post-It note was created by employees at 3M during their own "permitted bootlegging" time, a company-sanctioned time in which employees could work on their own side projects.