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TIL: Americans can fly to the moon faster than to New Zealand

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rNJkw TIL that by the third and fourth centuries most Roman citizens had entirely abandoned using parental given names (praenomen). Instead, they used clan names (nomen) or nicknames (cognomen)
VKem TIL in 1700 India’s economy had a 24.4% share of world income, the largest in the world after which it steadily declined under the British Raj (Empire) until in 1952, it was only 3.8%.
D1l8V TIL about the Tărtăria tablets, discovered in 1961 in Romania. It is believed that that the symbols are linked to Sumerian culture and represent the earliest known form of writing in the world
EgQZ0 TIL many navies around the world through history have a ritual to "celebrate" crossing the equator as an initiation for those doing it for the first time.
Akjn TIL that when womens’ nipples are stimulated during sex, the genital area of their sensory cortex is also activated, meaning that women really can orgasm from only nipple play