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TIL women used needle and thread to sew their hair in place before modern bobby pins and hair ties.

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YpjAx TIL that although often thought to be a rare occurrence, a total solar eclipse happens somewhere on earth an average of once every 1.5 years
DQ8dr TIL an autological word expresses a property that it also possesses (e.g., “word” is a word and pentasyllabic has five syllables)
l767V TIL attempted suicide was illegal in Britain in the late 19th century. The sentence? Hanging.
QNepe TIL that Jason Steele conceived Charlie the Unicorn as a gift for his mother's birthday. Steele had lost his job and most of his possessions in the wake of Hurricane Katrina hitting New Orleans
Z8r9o TIL doing a few squats can help your brain. The alternate increase & decrease of blood flow to the hippocampus makes the brain work harder: combine this with problem solving like a sudoku, or reading, is even better