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TIL that LIFE Magazine once printed a guide on "how to tell Japs from the Chinese"

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epMe6 TIL that ancient Romans used ‘sponges on sticks’ to clean themselves after using public toilets. These sponges were kept in a container of water and vinegar between uses to clean and disinfect them.
8e6DV TIL the longest marathon run lasted 54 years 8 months 6 days 5 hours 32 minutes 20.3 seconds: Shizo Kanakuri, a Japanese runner, entered the race in the 1912 Stockholm Olympics. He left the course because of exhaustion, silently returned to Japan, became a teacher, only resume the race in 1967.
7rV5r TIL J.K. Simmons, who played music teacher Terence Fletcher in “Whiplash”, has a music degree from the University of Montana, with a major in voice and minors in composing and conducting.
nearG TIL most vegetables retain more nutrients from microwaving than any other form of cooking, and therefore microwaving is the healthiest way to cook your veggies
EgOGd TIL a man named Charles Steinlauf invented a four person bicycle that his family used. It also included a place for his wife to operate her sewing machine while they went for a ride.