Post * KYDME — Curious Curator

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TIL that Turkey did not adopt the Gregorian calendar until 1926.

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drGZ TIL brown spots on teeth can be caused by too much brushing.

OG0X6 TIL that Joseph Stalin had absolute power to direct the wealth of the Soviet Union toward any end he wanted. The modern equivalent to what he controlled would be nearly $8.5 trillion.

b94Wp TIL a small Missouri town named Chillicothe is known as the "home of sliced bread", as it was the first in the nation to sell commercially sliced and wrapped bread.

LMpp TIL that if milk is added to coffee, the fat content of the milk causes the body to absorb caffeine at a slower rate, thus weakening its effect

16W7O TIL: “Miss Unsinkable” Violet Jessop survived the sinking of Titanic then survived the sinking of its sister ship Brittanic. The third sister and class namesake Olympic did not sink but Jessop was on board for its collision with a warship.