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TIL the blind get a 50% discount on TV licenses in the UK

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gd14 TIL Marco Polo did not introduce Italy to pasta via China. Durum wheat, and thus pasta as it is known today, was introduced by Arabs from Libya, during their conquest of Sicily in the 7th century, predating Marco Polo’s travels to China by about six centuries
X0ZYj TIL that the average flacid penis is 3.6 inches and 5.2 inches for an erect penis.
Jv5m TIL that orange juice loses all of it’s flavor during the de-oxyginaztion process, what allows the juice to keep in vats for up to a year. Juice company’s hire the manufactures of such perfumes as CK and Dior to make “flavor packs” to make the flavorless liquid taste like juice again.
D1VeY TIL the Kübler-Ross "Five Stages of Grief" model originated from her work with terminally ill patients grieving their own deaths
GAAmQ TIL The first true bicycle with pedals, invented in 1869, was known as 'The Boneshaker' due to the extremely uncomfortable ride caused by the stiff wrought-iron frame, wooden wheels, and tyres made of iron.