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TIL that pregnancy tests actually existed 3,500 years in Ancient Egypt! It even predicted the gender! Women would urinate on two bags; one filled with wheat and the other barley. If they grew, it means they're pregnant! If the wheat grew faster it's a girl. If the barley did, then it's a boy.

Nk61 TIL Steve Jobs has no public record of giving to charity
l7Bd7 TIL grapes are poisonous to dogs.
l7MAN TIL Alexander the great named a city after his horse
PVnJ TIL that there is a lightbulb that has been burning since 1901
D1yXe Til there is a banana variety that is blue in color and has the taste and texture of vanilla icecream