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TIL Toothbrushes release thousands of microplastics into your mouth every time you brush

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0d5N TIL that in France in the 1500s, women could charge their husbands with impotence. He would have to become erect and show he could ejaculate in a courtroom. If he failed, he could demand a Trial by Congress and attempt to have sex with his wife in front of the experts.
PYmPL TIL that by the time you see a dragonfly flying around it is already six years old.
J1jQ TIL, Yann Martel (author of Life of Pi, coming soon to a theatre near you) has sent a book to the Prime Minister of Canada every Monday for the past 4 years, in hopes of enlightening Stephen Harper to be less of an asshole.
QY6X TIL: The shortest Oscar Speech ever was given by Patty Duke in 1962, who at age 16, the youngest person to accept an Oscar in a competitive category, said “Thank You”, and walked off the stage.
0wgYR TIL that the act of scaling defensive walls or ramparts with the aid of ladders, a prominent and dangerous siege warfare tactic in medieval times, is called "Escalade"