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TIL that womens buttons are on the left because the maids would dress them.

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XdY8 TIL that the man behind the ban of marijuana Harry Anslinger may have done so because of racism, reportedly stating that black and Mexican were the primary users. It was banned even though there was no scientific evidence of it being dangerous to mental health.
gM9j4 TIL that women of the French royalty were required to give birth in public. Sometimes those births had scores of witnesses
rb6W TIL the Earth’s mantle is so extremely viscous that it takes at least 50 million years to complete a convection circuit. The mantle has only moved an average of 18 feet since the pyramids were built
P1YkL TIL a man ate an entire airplane over the course of two years
8alEb TIL the US government has over one billion cubic meters of helium stored in a strategic reserve in Texas. The reserve was started in the 1920s and was originally intended for airships, but was later used as a coolant for the space program.