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TIL that the Oneida silverware company was started as a free love community where monogamous marriage was frowned upon and even restricted. Lovers could only spend a couple hours together so as not to form special bonds.

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KOknw TIL there is more genetic diversity among those from the African continent than the rest of the world
ZpdOo TIL that the average person spends about six months of their life waiting for red lights to turn green.
Egnxw TIL actor Albert Brooks’ birth name was Albert Einstein and his brother is actor Bob Einstein.
gVMW TIL in 2008, Plainclothes cops jumped out of a van, snatched up a 12-year-old girl, and beat her during a prostitution raid. After discovering that they had the wrong house, they charged her with assaulting a public official.
5YWWk TIL the ‘infinity symbol’ is called a Lemniscate.