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TIL the first e-commerce was a drugs deal in the early 1970s

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AD9yB TIL the famous robocop posters was a painting and not a photograph
kJ1Ee TIL that during the 'leech craze' of the 1800s, leech collectors (who were usually women) would wade into ponds with their skirts raised to attract the leeches to their bare legs. Some used animals—such as horses that were too old to work—instead of their own bodies to catch the leeches
8aGG4 TIL in Norway, stripping counts as an art form for tax purposes.
8axaP TIL it is possible to distinguish the parts of Berlin that were formerly West and East from the space: “East” Berlin uses sodium vapor lamps which produce a yellow color, whilst “West” Berlin uses fluorescent lamps produce a white color.
J1dm TIL it would take over 16 years to read the entire English Wikipedia