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TIL that a microscopic inspection of the roots of Ramesses II's hair indicate that one of Egypt's most famous pharaohs was a natural redhead from a family of redheads

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95gQ TIL your appendix could actually be useful. There’s evidence that it functions as a “Safe House” for good bacteria, which can flush out infection in your large intestine.
xAX5 TIL Inmates in Indiana forcibly tattooed the name of a child killer’s victim onto his forehead.
grxeb TIL: About the West European tradition of ‘Telling the bees’
GMZE TIL: The “tradition” of spending several months salary on an engagement ring was a marketing campaign created by De Beers in the 1930’s. Before WWII, only 10% of engagement rings contained diamonds. By the end of the 20th Century, 80% did.
RoA8 TIL in 1983, a small town in Missouri was permanently evacuated after high levels of dioxin was discovered in soil samples. It was discovered that a man hired to oil the dirt roads to keep dust down had used waste from a company making Agent Orange.