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TIL that researchers used Renaissance paintings to get a sense of breast cancer’s historical prevalence.

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JL14 TIL that McDonald’s Grimace is supposed to be “the embodiment of a milkshake”.
v17Pj TIL that Julius Caesar was kidnapped by pirates and, on finding out what they were asking in ransom, demanded it be higher because of how important he was. He forced them to listen to speeches he composed and often threatened to crucify them.
yQ06X TIL that the Confederate Flag was popularized in opposition of the Civil Rights movements of the 1950s by the political part Dixiecrats
wLNZM TIL of the "Delaware loophole", lowering a corporation's tax liability by shifting income to subsidiaries located in low or no-tax states to avoid including it in income subject to taxation in the taxing state,
bgJQ TIL that Japanese women would keep flushing continuously to mask the sound of them urinating and so devices were introduced which would keep producing the sound of flushing after activation in almost all the public restrooms.