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TIL that in 2011, 90% of baby changing tables in public UK bathrooms tested positive for cocaine

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5YXn9 TIL that the word “hysteria” has sexist roots, coming from the Greek work “hystera,” meaning uterus. Therefore, being hysterical meant someone was experiencing “womanly problems.”
69elX TIL: In 2015, a team of Italian scientists at the University of Trento made spiders produce stronger webs by spraying them with water infused with nanotubes and graphene. These super spider webs were stronger than Kevlar.
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