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TIL By tradition, character deaths in ancient greek theater almost never happened on stage. No matter the importance of the character, deaths almost always occured off stage and announced via messenger, with the body only showed later

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9wWDG TIL that cigarette filters were designed with color-changing chemicals to give the illusion that they filter out toxins. In reality, the filters have little to no health benefits.
Me9eK TIL about the One-electron Universe Theory, which states that the reason because all of the electrons have the same charge and mass is because they are just the same electron travelling through space and time
y0ee TIL George Washington is considered by most historians to have been a bad public speaker.
549Q TIL that Coca Cola had tried to sell bottled water at a premium price which happened to be tap water taken from the mains
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