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TIL powdered wigs started as a fashion trend partially due to syphilis.

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DQA9p TIL that your cat's "zoomies" are actually called "frenetic random activity periods" or FRAP for short.
dpRZ TIL To conceal where Genghis Khan was buried, escorting soldiers killed everyone they saw, then they killed the tomb-builders, then they killed each other.
wokl6 TIL that gazing at one's own face in the mirror for a few minutes, at a low illumination level, produces the apparition of strange faces
9dom TIL Nanoparticles containing bee venom toxin melittin can destroy human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) while at the same time leaving surrounding cells unharmed.
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