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TIL there was a false belief in Europe starting in the 13th Century that Jewish males experience periodic bleeding through nosebleeds, urination or hemorrhoids bleeding similarly to women having their periods.

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4AmJ TIL that Olivia Hussey who played Juliet in the 1968 film “Romeo and Juliet” wasn’t allowed to go to the premiere of the film because she was under the age of 18 and there was a nude scene - even though she was the one who was nude.
b6Wp9 TIL shipbuilders often place "Sacrificial Anodes", which is metal nodules made of easily-reacting metal like zinc, to "force" the Anodising corrosion to happen on these "throwaway" spots rather than on the main steel hull of the ship
JZQ4 TIL that it costs $30,000 to get on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. A-Listers like Julia Roberts, Denzel Washington, Clint Eastwood, and Al Pacino don’t have a star because they didn’t pay.
WkPl8 TIL Mary Poppins actress Julie Andrews was given the honor of hosting the opening of Walt Disney World on October 1st, 1971. October 1st is also Andrews' birthday.
MeNkK TIL that landlocked country of Mongolia maintains a Navy which consists of 1 tugboat and 7 sailors, 6 of whom do not know how to swim.The boat is placed in Mongolia's largest lake & after privatization of the Navy by the government it now supplements its income by hauling freight and tourists around