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TIL in Egyptian times lipstick was used by prostitutes who specialized in oral sex to advertise their services.

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p8W58 Til in 2012, before the introduction of Uber, a Toronto Taxi license was sold for $360,000. By 2018 they were rumored to be down to $65,000 and likely still dropping.
Bg05W TIL that there were several abortive assassination attempts on Hitler’s life before Stauffenberg finally went ahead with Operation Valkyrie on July 20th 1944.
M700K TIL that Brunei is the only country to observe a noncontiguous weekend, taking Friday and Sunday off.
0wpYv Today i learned that if we could power a smartphone with gasoline, one drop of it has enough energy to run the phone for an entire day. A gallon of gasoline would last for 20 years.
ndWB TIL the pilot of an Aeroflot Airbus A310 let his son sit at the controls during a flight in 1994. His son turned off the autopilot controls, crashing the plane, and killing all 75 on board.