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TIL Saint Drogo is the patron saint of unattractive people, baristas, the mentally ill, and hernias.

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p8y9A TIL Roman salt-making entailed boiling the seawater in large lead-lined pans. Salt was used as currency in ancient Rome, and the roots of the words "soldier" and "salary" can be traced to Latin words related to giving or receiving salt.
9pjX TIL that Nikola Tesla believed that women would become superior to men in future societal standing, and stated that “This struggle of the human female toward sex equality will end in a new sex order, with the female as superior”.
R7M47 TIL During the Napster controversy, The Offspring wanted to release their upcoming album “Conspiracy of One” entirely online for free, but couldn’t due to legal threats from Sony. A few years later, they put up a dedicated radio stream of all their music on their site for free.
wLQEP TIL Silver foxes were selectively bred for domestication in the 1950's in order to study evolution. As with dogs, the ears started to droop as physical manifestation of docility, and some even started vocalizing barks as like dogs
wLEO8 TIL researchers reported duplicating the glue that the sandcastle worms secrete and use to stick sand grains together underwater. They believe the glue to have applications as a biocompatible medical adhesive, for instance to repair shattered bones. For bone repair, it can replace pins and screws