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TIL Ancient Egypt already had physicians with specialities, like 'shepherd of the anus' or 'doctors of the tooth'

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v1DAR TIL South Pacific is the only production to win all four acting awards at the Tony Awards
aJ7A TIL deaf people usually sneeze silently, most sneezing sounds are cultural.
E7OX TIL That in 1976 a 3500 mile horse race was setup to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the United States…and it was won by a mule.
MeavV TIL the Grateful Dead briefly toured with a PA system called the Wall Of Sound that consisted of six hundred and four speakers, channelling twenty-six thousand watts of power. It has been called “the greatest vessel for the amplification of sound in history”.
nPQ7 TIL The son of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, who was once the brand ambassador, was dismissed from company board meetings after he spoke out against Playboy’s current leadership and its non-nude magazine restructuring