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rNdL0 TIL: The largest group of remaining Aramaic speakers (the language spoken by Jesus) are in Turlock, California
WklPL TIL the first adopters of the bicycle in China were the prostitutes ('sing-song girls'). The bicycle was seen as undignified and far too menial, the prostitutes working the harbors had nothing to lose, so they were the first adopters.
ANObl TIL Chicory has been a historic substitute for coffee. Frederick the Great banned coffee in Prussia which led to the mass production of chicory by 1795 and the chicory drinks were common in Napoleonic France. Chicory drinks also became popular in Confederate states because of the Union blockade.
yQ7Vw TIL that in the Middles Ages, psychiatric disorder existed among the upper class causing people to fear that they were made of glass "and therefore likely to shatter into pieces". One famous sufferer was King Charles VI of France, who wore reinforced clothing to protect himself from "shattering"
Y7axv TIL that dogs will generally align themself in a North and South direction while relieveing themselves.