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TIL the wearing of socks is one of the oldest types of clothing still in use today and from cave paintings and archaeological finds, we can date the first socks back to around 5000BC.

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nWld7 TIL that in 2001, actor Mark Ruffalo had a realistic dream that he had a brain tumor. Despite no previous signs, he went to see a doctor due to the vividness of his dream. The doctor ordered a scan and it turned out that he did indeed have a tumor, which was subsequently removed.
KYJo6 TIL that some non-stick cookware releases toxic fumes when overheated, which can be deadly to pet birds.
9jOm TIL when Edwin Edwards ran for governor against the grand wizard of the KKK, David Duke, people were worried that Edwards would lose because of his indictments for fraud and bribery. Faced with the alternative, people created bumper stickers that read, “Vote for the crook, it’s important.”
J4y8 TIL a white guy in Oakland put a concrete Buddha in a median to stop trash dumping, and it turned into a huge Vietnamese shrine - stopping the dumping but filling his neighborhood with tourists.
neYYB TIL That Poll Taxes disenfranchised voters as late as 1964 when the 24th Amendment was finally ratified