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TIL treadmills were used in Victorian times as punishments in prison

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56GR TIL that according to legend, the Corgi was a gift from woodland faeries and their markings were caused by saddles and stirrups placed on their backs
OGkMY TIL while touring the battlefield Abraham Lincoln mounted a parapet to see the battle in progress. A soldier taking cover right next to him saw Lincoln exposing himself at risk and said "Get down you damn fool!" The soldier was none other than future supreme court justice Oliver Wendell Holmes.
kWMB TIL psychologists widely condemn “experiential avoidance”, the conscious effort to avoid certain feelings or thoughts. It can lead to social anxiety, self-harm and other problems.
MBW TIL that you produce so much saliva before vomiting to protect your teeth and throat from the acid in the vomit
DWeJ TIL a week after radioactive material was discovered missing from a US oil field in Iraq, it was found “just lying around near a gas station in the country’s south”