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TIL that Worcestershire sauce is the result of a British recreation of Indian sauces.

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XE0LD TIL about the China National Highway 110 traffic jam; a massive traffic jam that slowed down thousands of vehicles for more than 100 km and lasted for more than 10 days. Drivers were able to move their vehicles only 1 km per day and some drivers were stuck in the traffic jam for 5 days.
lrRV TIL that before the invention of the elevators, poorer tenants used to lived in higher floors equivalent to the penthouse of the modern day.
xvWD TIL Shirley Temple’s daughter was the bass player for The Melvins
LQj6r TIL high testosterone can result in a weakened immune system. This is why men usually are hit harder by colds than women
1eNr TIL the Racial Integrity Act of 1924 required that a racial description of every person be recorded at birth and divided society into only two classifications: white and colored. It also expanded Virginia’s ban on interracial marriage by criminalizing all marriages between whites and non-whites