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TIL ancient Egypt had many medical specialists, including proctologists which were called “shepherds of the anus”.

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N7LGE TIL Jane Goodall's father gave her a stuffed chimpanzee named Jubilee as an alternative to a teddy bear. Goodall has said her fondness for this figure started her early love of animals although"My mother's friends were horrified by this toy, thinking it would frighten me and give me nightmares."
ZpynG TIL that the Hundred Years’ War was actually a 116 year war fought over three distinct periods.
JYwoB TIL that the character of Austin Powers was created by Mike Myers as a persona for his faux 60s rock band Ming Tea. His then wife loved the persona so much that she encouraged him to write a film about the character.
KYM7Q TIL Between 1921 and 1932 three Japanese Prime Ministers were assassinated by Rightwing members of Japanese society
9Y4DG TIL that after visiting a prison in Norway that treated prisoners humanely, a warden from North Dakota went back and reformed her prison based on Norway's model. It later saw sharp decline in violence against inmates and threats against staff