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TIL bathing was common in the Middle Ages and people understood the importance of being clean.

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R7BWl TIL 9 of the 10 most common birthdays in the world are in September, with conception happening in the third or fourth week of December.
XED8j TIL in 1984, the creation of an atomic priesthood to generate a religious mythology involving genetically engineered cats that would glow in the presence of radioactive waste was proposed to warn future generations of the danger and location of radioactive waste in New Mexico.
aV1L TIL the average color of the universe is a beigeish white, and is named “Cosmic Latte”
0wmGN TIL There are 9 different accepted time standards used around the world. Many of these time standards vary from each other by hundredths of a second to several minutes (excluding time zone variations and DST).
xaE7 TIL a irish youth snatched a homeless mans pet bunny from his arms and threw it off the bridge they were standing on, the homeless man immediately jumped after it and resuscitated the bunny before he passed out and firefighters saved him, the youth was later convicted of torture and animal cruelty