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

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DQVQp TIL in 1871, US forces attacked Korea over trade and diplomatic tensions, resulting in over 240 Korean casualties
wAKM TIL German footballer Mesut Özil donated his €300,000 World Cup victory bonus to pay for surgery of 23 children in Brazil
VBLKG TIL that taxol, one of the most used IV chemotherapy could not be chemically produced and must be extracted from European If tree leaf
p8B8p TIL young eggplants look like eggs, which is where they got their name
gYNA TIL: 65-85% of white cats with two blue eyes go deaf.