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TIL pillbugs are actually crustaceans and not insects
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TIL that during WW1 the British used semen as invisible ink, and the name of the man who invented this technique was “Captain Sir Mansfield Cumming”
VV4m
TIL a baby that was pronounced dead at birth after not breathing for 20 minutes due to a premature birth was brought back to life after laying on his Mother’s chest for 2 hours, and is currently a healthy 4 year old.
BrdOK
TIL that a "bakers dozen" come from the 1200s when King Henry III standardized bread loaf weights. A baker who sold skinny loafs could be beaten or thrown in jail. Bakers began to throw in an extra loaf to cover the short fall.
v1x6x
TIL there is only one Talbot Tagora car remaining in the UK, and even that one hasn't been on the road since 2016.
1YKd
TIL that when it was revealed that Australia’s tallest peak Mount Kościuszko was actually lower than that of neighboring Mount Townsend by about 100 feet, the Australian government switched the two peaks’ names