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TIL the color of your earwax can reveal issues like vitamin defficiency, infection, and an injured ear canal among other things

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v0eD TIL At age 16, John Smith of Pocahontas fame was a pirate, sold into slavery in Turkey, had a love affair with his Turkish mistress, killed her husband and three others in a single duel, escaped to Russia, and accidentally blew his genitals off.
b6yrN TIL croissant originates from Austria and is the French version of the Austrian pastry kipferl
yVOaX TIL of there existed a government Music Bureau in Dynastic China aka the Ministry of Music which wasnt a music academy like today, it collected poems & musical scores & choreography to inform the emperor of the thoughts, feelings, and conditions of the various people in different parts of the empire
B9jx TIL Looney Tunes was created to promote WB’s music catalog in the 1930’s. That’s why it’s “Tunes” and not “Toons”
n9Lr TIL Half of the Viking warriors were female