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TIL about the "Seven Sutherland Sisters", a late 19th C. sideshow act who ended up making millions by using their famously long hair to market a line of quack medicine hair growth products.

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5YGDR TIL that many customer service agents can actually see what you are typing in the online support chat before you actually hit "send"
9YjDX TIL about Alexander Cumming, an inventor and the first person to patent a flush toilet in 1775. Cumming included an s-trap in the design to prevent sewer gasses from entering the building through the toilet. Modern toilets still incorporate this design.
MeE98 TIL The moon, Ganymede, is larger than Mercury and would be classed as a planet if it were orbiting the Sun rather than Jupiter.
jvRa TIL the Canadian government established one of the most northern settlements in the world by tricking 8 families into living there and then not allowing them to leave.
D6pg TIL penguins have been known to push a fellow penguin into the water to check if the area is safe and free of predators