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

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EgDZo TIL Jim Brown, at Syracuse University, was named All-America in lacrosse in 1957, after which no other black player was voted All-America for 23 years.
wPdW TIL that the Gilligan’s Island cast members were patterned after the 7 deadly sins. But Sherwood Schwartz, the creator, didn’t admit it until years later in book he wrote about the show.
690g7 TIL that in the 18th century English sailors aboard the HMS Dolphin stopped in Tahiti and discovered the women there would take iron in exchange for sex, resulting in the sailors removing nails from the ship and trading them in for their personal gratification.
rNnrd TIL there are only fifteen world champion boxers who have retired undefeated.
jNArX TIL The break-in at the Watergate Hotel was discovered by a security guard, Frank Wills, who removed a piece of tape from the latch on a security door. When he came back later, the door had been re-taped, so he called police.