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TIL about the Gibson Girl who was an early 20th century creation of the ideal woman

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EgxN0 TIL about “ceremonial deism”, a legal principle used by the United States government to justify the usage of the phrase “In God We Trust” on coins and for the national motto. Through customary usage over a long time, the phrase is merely “ritual and non-religious”.
x6agb TIL that some mountain climbers carry their own waste in their backpacks.
5BYr TIL on two separate occasions, Keanu Reeves has had a female stalker break into his home. The second stalker undressed, took a shower, and then swam naked in his swimming pool.
Oo5m1 TIL paper recycling was first recorded in 1031, when Japanese shops sold repulped paper.
DQYRe TIL that a women was denied Swiss citizenship twice for being “too annoying”