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TIL Toilet paper was invented in China

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nQKd TIL of a monk who had taken an old book written by Archimedes, erased the contents, and wrote over it with prayers. Scientists have determined that that monk erased a previously unknown book by Archimedes, that laid out the foundations of Calculus thousands of years before Newton and Leibniz.
9wryQ TIL Kennedy half dollar coins have been back in general circulation since 2021.
ANZdd TIL about Dr. Cosel, who slept next to his crush's dead body for 7 years
GVbG TIL A hospital in Nanjing introduced an automatic sperm extractor for men. It has a massage pipe at the front with adjustable height, speed, frequency, amplitude and temperature. It also has a screen to display “artistic” movies. (Text and video)
BgyxD TIL that the red spot on Jupiter is, in simple terms, a storm larger than earth that’s lasted for 150+ years