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TIL Ancient Roman women would wear wigs featuring blonde German hair and black Indian hair mixed together at the same time to show off the civilizations they conquered

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1a117 TIL that fish skin can be grafted onto humans and is used as an "alternative biological wound dressing". Possible Medical NSFW
RYk4 TIL that a man named Tsutomu Yamaguchi survived the bombing of Hiroshima. He then returned to his home city of Nagasaki the next day which would suffer the same fate. He is the only reported “double survivor” of both Little Boy and Fat Man.
R71oj TIL that people go to restaurants to eat diseases for fun.
nW7Nb TIL that Alexandra of Denmark had such a strong influence on fashion that when a bad case of rheumatic fever left her with a permanent limp, it became trendy for wealthy women to walk around with a fake limp themselves. They even wore shoes with different sized heels for a more authentic limp.
XE7EP TIL Morgan Freeman finds Black History Month ridiculous, stating “You're going to relegate my history to a month? I don't want a black history month. Black history is American history.”