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TIL high heels were originally worn by men in the Near East because it helped to keep their feet in a horse’s stirrups

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ydVe TIL Bribes, Kickbacks, Stolen Items, and money from illegal activities all count as taxable income in the US
LQkpd TIL that in 2019, a Windows XP computer infected with six types of malware was sold at an art auction for 1.3 million dollars.
ANgR7 TIL the chemical element calcium is a metal.
4k1B6 TIL that the British Pound is the world’s oldest currency still in use at 1,200 years old. The pound has been an identity as a symbol of British sovereignty.
R7XR1 TIL about Tim Cordes, a physician with blindness. He was the third blind medical student in the U.S in 1998. Despite his impressive resume, the University of Wisconsin's medical school was the only one to accept him. They accommodated him and his service dog,Vance, went with him to clinicals.