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TIL In Napoleon’s love letters he wrote that he dreams of Josephine's "little black forest"

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5N7p TIL that Patrick Stewart’s son, Daniel, plays Picard’s son in The Inner Light, in his alternative life on Kataan.
by9 TIL that Ganguro is a style used to rebel against the ‘traditional beauty’ of pale skin with dark hair, rather then an imitation of Western culture.
mxZ7Y TIL that Barrow, Alaska - the northernmost town in the U.S. - changed its name to Utqiaġvik, its traditional Iñupiaq name.
NXGD6 TIL that "Johnson's Baby" brand started in 1893 with Johnson's Baby Powder. The earliest Baby Powder was in a yellow & red tin with a label "For Toilet and Nursery”. The talc based Baby Powder was discontinued in 2019, due to concerns of the product containing asbestos, which can cause cancer.
Bg7ZW TIL: In the 16th century, the Osculum Infame was the name of a witch's ritual greeting upon meeting the devil, which involves kissing his butt hole or "other mouth" and usually followed with feasting. In some cases, the role can be reversed where the witch receives the kiss.