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TIL Spider webs were used as bandages in ancient Greece due to having antifungal and antiseptic properties.

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6EZjX TIL that James H. Dillard was a professor at Tulane University became the best-known and most-active white proponent for the education of blacks. In 1930, two historically black universities in New Orleans combined to form Dillard University, named in his honor.
vQrL TIL Racism and ethnic discrimination is legal under South Korean law
d8k6Q TIL In 2013, while walking their dog in their back yard, a married couple came across several rusty buckets sticking out of their land. The buckets were full of gold coins minted from 1847 to 1894. The total value of all the coins was about $11 million.
XDpE TIL the first and longest running “reality show”, is a tv documentary about the lives of 14 seven year olds from United kingdom and it is updated every 7 years. They just turned 56.
p6Lb TIL on April 1, 1980, BBC news ervice “reported” that the Big Ben will get a digital readout, and that the clock hands will be given to the first four listeners to call. Later on, BBC received a massive amount of phone calls from angry protestors, and ended up spending several days to apologize.