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TIL Powdered wigs gained popularity in 17th-18th Europe partly due to syphilis, which caused hair loss and scalp sores. Wigs covered baldness, hid infections, and allowed perfumed powder to mask odors. Their use became a status symbol, spreading beyond medical necessity among elites.

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Mpg0 TIL that only law abiding citizens must register firearms with the U.S. DOJ Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (BATFE). Criminals, or “prohibited persons,” are not required by law to register because it would violate their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.
p8OlG TIL Tortoise shells and tree resins are natural plastics
D1nbv TIL that Bhutan is the only country in the world that by its own constitution protects its forests, and the country measures progress not through its Gross Domestic Product but through "Gross National Happiness."
vVjB TIL In order to transport the Statue of Liberty from France to the United States, the statue had to be broken down into 350 individual pieces and placed through 214 crates in just under a year after the completion
R7wDa TIL that the first known case of the Spanish Flu was reported at a military base in Kansas on March 11, 1918