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TIL That Ancient Romans Used Urine for Teeth Whitening and Laundry

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0dw7A TIL Jeannette Rankin of Montana was the first female elected to Congress (1916). A suffragist who helped get the 19th Amendment passed, was a staunch pacifist, opposing WW1, WW2, and was out marching in protest against Vietnam when she was 61 years old. A badass.
0wArp TIL - Hoag's Object is the only known galaxy shaped like a doughnut. Discovered 1950 by Arthur Hoag it has an older yellow core with an outer ring of young blue stars & nothing in between. To add to the conundrum, at the 1 o'clock position there's a smaller version of the galaxy hidden within itself
bMM0 TIL J.K. Rowling became the first person to become a billionaire by writing books. However, she also lost her billionaire status because she donated so much money to charity.
oB5aK TIL that after the Disney/Pixar animated film “Ratatouille” was released, demand for rats as pets surged by as much as 50%
oKPK TIL regular condoms are too big for men of ALL nationalities.. not just Indian men as the 2006 BBC News article says