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TIL the oldest known clothing featuring the popular Houndstooth pattern dates back to as early as 1500-1200 BC.

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W1p4 TIL the most common shape of cut on a diamond is called the “brilliant” cut. It has a hidden secret most people don’t know about. If you shine light through it at the right angle it crates shapes of hearts and arrows inside. Not surprisingly this is nicknamed the “cupid effect.”
OooaL TIL about Patrick the Wombat. He was the world’s oldest wombat at 32 years, and died a virgin. He had a Tinder profile and rode around in a wheelbarrow.
7ROM TIL that there is a hypothetical type of creatures called “ATMOSPHERIC BEASTS”. According Carl Sagan they could live in the atmosphere of a gas giant, such as Jupiter.
Yp0X7 TIL of the PETS act, a bipartisan bill introduced after Hurricane Katrina, giving FEMA the authority to provide rescue to household pets and service animals in major disasters. The bill aimed to save those who would have otherwise remained and perished with their companions.
wLROM TIL when SkyLab disintegrated over a West Australian town, NASA received a $400 ticket for littering from the rural town that received the debris. A radio DJ raised the funds to pay the ticket in the 90s.