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TIL that Mythbuster Grant Imahara is a steampunk style fashion model.

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xVRob TIL that guitar legend Chet Atkins would fall asleep every night playing guitar while sitting upright in a chair; the habit started as a result of his childhood asthma, which was alleviated by sitting upright.
Z8Ev TIL: Ancient Spartans bathed baby boys in red wine, an experience so traumatic that many babies died from the stress and pain.
PA5e TIL the Indian rebellion of 1857 started because the East India Trading Company was asking its soldiers to bite the seal off their ammo cartridges, which were sealed with pork and beef animal fats (against Muslim and Hindu beliefs).
l811 TIL that despite approaching 90, Sir Christopher Lee (AKA Dracula, Saruman and Count Dooku) released a critically acclaimed metal album, resulting in a “Spirit of Metal” award in 2010
grxOD TIL that during the Roman conquest of Great Britain, a battle took place between Celtic tribesmen (numbering around 230 000 soldiers), and a Roman legion consisting of 10 000 men. The Romans won, despite having 23 times less men