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TIL Tesla and Newton both were celibate and died as virgins. Einstein slept for 10 hours a day.

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BrpNb TIL In 552AD two monks successfully smuggled silkworm eggs in their walking sticks from China to the Byzantine Empire, essentially ending the silk monopolies of China and Persia, and bringing silk manufacture to Europe.
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vPmJD TIL Pierre Fauchard was the first to notice a relationship between sugar and tooth decay
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MePv7 TIL in the past, compressed blocks of dried tea were used as currency