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TIL : In Victorian UK drunks would literally hang over a rope to sleep for 2-cents/pence

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kVQe TIL Africans are the only modern humans that aren’t part Neanderthal
awgML TIL Astronaut Gus Grissom was accused of prematurely blowing the hatch on the Liberty 7 space capsule, causing it to sink. He maintained the hatch blew on its own without his intervention. He later died in the Apollo 1 capsule fire because of a complicated hatch that would not blow quickly enough.
algo TIL The voice of Boomhauer was based on a man who left a voicemail that Mike Judge listened to many times complaining about Beavis and Butthead who also thought the name of the show was ‘Porky’s Butthole.’
7eyO TIL that buildings in Athens, along with many other cities, have height restrictions on them so they do not obstruct the views of skylines or monuments
RYn4 TIL baby spit backwashes into the breast during breastfeeding so the mother’s body can adjust the breastmilk composition based on the baby’s health