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TIL about a 16th century book that opens six different ways, revealing six different books in one

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nWeQG TIL that there is a term related to the art of hotel toilet paper folding called “toilegami”. The reason for this hotel practice: “Hotels want to give their guests…confidence that the bathroom has been cleaned (so) the maid will fold over the last piece of toilet paper. It is subtle but effective”
ZpKxQ TIL David Lloyd George, Prime Minister of the UK during WW1, didn't support appeasement because he disliked Neville Chamberlain
ajVL TIL that there is a town called Okay in OK.
oBgDA TIL Mandrakes are real. In one superstition, people who pull up the root will be condemned to hell. The mandrake root would scream as it was pulled from the ground, killing anyone who heard it. In the past, people tied the roots to animals and then used the animals to pull the roots from the soil.
w987 TIL Raccoons are very agile tree climbers and do not mind climbing or falling from elevations as high as 40 feet (12 meters).Raccoons have bad eyesight and are color blind, but have great hearing and a great sense of smell.