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TIL that when advice columnist Ann Landers asked in 1986 what the correct direction for toilet paper was, she received 15,000 letters - the most in her column's history

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B9rL TIL Historians believe the fate of Christianity hinged on the Battle of Tours where an Arab invasion force was defeated by a Frankish force in present-day France, preventing the spread of Islam to all of Western Europe and preserving Christianity as the religion of Europe.
mx7EY TIL that India is called Hindustan in Persian, technically making it part of the stan group in central Asia.
1Y87 TIL Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen has found the wreckage of 1 of Japan’s largest battleships after an 8 year long search.The 73,000-ton “Musashi” was 1 of the most powerful battleships ever built. “Its discovery will… bring closure to the families of those lost."Allen said.
XER16 TIL that Mozart was among the top income earners of society back in his day and lived lavishly, earning about 10,000 florins/yr vs 25 fl/yr for laborers and ~500 for some in the upper class. He was also not buried in a pauper’s grave, just that only Aristocrats were allowed to have private burials.
nN19 TIL the scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz had a gun through out the movie, and he even pulled it out on the lion.