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TIL that there's a sport called Extreme ironing, which consists of ironing in perilous or incongruous conditions. It can be practiced on a mountain, while snowboarding or skiing, on top of large statues... Its appeal lies in mixing the thrill of danger “with the satisfaction of a well-pressed shirt"

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kJQg1 TIL the Oldest Convicted Bank Robber was J.L. Hunter Rountree at 91 years old. After his retirement money dried up, he eventually filed for bankruptcy. Then his stepson died in a car crash & his wife of 50 years passed away. After he remarried & divorced a year later, he robbed his first bank at 82.
4Xo15 TIL that Ring Around the Rosie is a song about bubonic plague (black death) from England.. and it used be “and we all fall dead” but they omitted ‘dead’
nWvxW TIL that Mineral Weathering (the breakdown of natural Basalt rock) can capture/remove CO2 from the atmosphere for thousands of years.
GAKX4 TIL: A study showed that men are attracted to the contrapposto stance, invented by the Greeks which feature the subject shifting weight onto one foot. Their gaze linger on the bend as it increases the Waist Hip Ratio. This helps explain high heels, catwalks, and belly dancing.
GM64 TIL that the philtrum (the groove in the middle of your upper lip) exists in all mammals. It’s much narrower in non-primates, and uses capillary action to keep the nose wet with saliva (ie. wet nose = good for dogs). A wet nose is better at trapping odors, hence the purpose of the philtrum.