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TIL: In the small Asian nation of Tajikistan, the unibrow is considered a highly attractive feature in women. If you are unfortunately born without a unibrow, you can paint it on daily to become more attractive.

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oRN1r TIL that breast cancer used to be known as "Nun's disease" due to the higher prevalence amongst nuns, who were at increased risk due to their celibate lifestyle. An association between reproductive history and cancer risk wasn't proven for about 250 years after it was associated with nuns.
1a9Er TIL that the film Eurotrip was filmed entirely in Prague, Czech Republic. (Scenes in the US were at the International School of Prague; the Paris railway station was actually Prague railway station; Vatican City was actually Prague's National Museum)
ELEV TIL “Kintsukuroi” is the Japanese art of repairing pottery with gold or silver lacquer and understanding that the piece is more beautiful for having been broken.
Rbg6 TIL France lost 1.397 million in 4 years defending against the Germans in WWI. That is more military deaths than the US has ever lost since its birth to now (1775-2012).
Y7j5v TIL: Yankee Doodle was originally written as a dis track by the British