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TIL Kitchen sponges are dirty than a toilet seat

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Y6QA TIL that Mongols were actually outnumbered in most of their victories in battles. But they still managed to deceive their enemies by elaborate ruses - like mounting dummies atop horses, and tying sticks to the horses’ tails to create dust storms.
GAK4 TIL Bryan Cranston was actually taught how to cook meth.
0weoj TIL that sex plays a major role in bonobo society. They have sex to greet each other, calm each other down, conflict resolution and forming social bonds. Female bonobos grind their clitoris with each other about every two hours and the males have been seen grinding each other and giving oral sex.
Bg09k TIL Chinese Qing emperors held early morning meetings with court officials everyday from 6, 7am. Along with important issues, Emperor Kangxi also attended trivial matters as he thought being careless even for a moment could cause trouble for the whole nation and disasters for later generations
wLKJo TIL in a soccer match between Iran and Denmark, an Iranian player mistook a whistle from the crowd as being the referee's half-time signal, and picked the ball up with his hands in the penalty area. Danish player Morten Wieghorst missed the resultant penalty on purpose, and Denmark lost 1–0.