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m1P6o TIL of an archeological dig site northeast of the Dead Sea in the southern Jordan River Valley that has many striking characteristics to the Biblical city of Sodom.
BkrD TIL in 1975 90% of Icelandic women refused to work, cook and look after children for a day to demonstrate the indispensable work of women for Iceland’s economy and society and to protest wage discrepancy and unfair employment practices
b9nl4 TIL That The Manila Envelope is Called That Because of Its Main Component: Manila Hemp
Gw5J TIL of “Decimal Time,” a unit of time that divides the day into 10 hours, an hour into 100 minutes, and a minute into 100 seconds.
5V1eR TIL archaeologists working in a 2,500 y.o. Chinese cemetery unearthed charred incense burners and burnt stones that tested high for cannabinol, which is released when THC is burned. "Unlike many wild varieties, the cannabis smoked at the site [...] was pretty potent stuff."