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TIL that in Ancient Rome a toga was the equivalent to a suit today, mainly used for doing business, religious rites or going to court.

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Lk9NP TIL Mexico was the only country to protest the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany. To honor that support, there is a square in Vienna named "Mexikoplatz".
oRkNL TIL writer James Clavell was captured on Java in 1942 and sent to a Japanese POW camp, where he was feed a quarter of a pound (110 g) of rice per day, one egg per week and occasional vegetables.
geo8 TIL A real-life Loch Ness monster skeleton was found after 50 years. The fossil remains of a 13-foot-long reptile that ruled the Scottish seas 170 million years ago have been found.
VD4m TIL astronauts deposit their urine by dumping it out into space. Astronaut Rusty Schweickart called a urine dump at sunset “one of the most beautiful sights” he saw in space.
d5rE TIL The the power symbol found on every power switch is actually a 1 and 0. The English words On and Off were replaced by the universal numeral symbols 1 and 0 to bypass any possible language barriers as technology became more ubiquitous.