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TIL that the term "Cyber Monday" dates to the early 2000s and refers to a time when most people still had dial-up internet at home and would use their employers' high-speed internet connections to shop online upon returning to work after Thanksgiving break.

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Yj0x TIL beards and long dresses fell out of fashion during the 1900s due to public health campaigns about spreading tuberculosis and other infectious diseases. Prior to germ theory and vaccines, people thought beards and fabric protected against miasma and “bad air”.
P15YL TIL that the Malaysian government has written guidelines on determining the qibla (direction to the Kaaba for use in Muslim prayer) while in outer space
oRY1W TIL that Elizabeth I had a lot of missing teeth from eating too much sweets, making it difficult for foreign ambassadors to understand what she was saying.
v1RmB TIL the song 'Die Eier Von Satan' by Tool is just a cookie recipe read very aggressively auf Duetsche.
Z8GrB TIL that the clementine is a random cross between mandarin oranges and sweet oranges discovered at an orphanage in Algeria. Father Marie-Clement Rodiers found the new fruit growing in his orphanage’s garden in the late 19th century.