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NKoM TIL that in the 17th century the Finnish people used a measure called Poronkusema: the distance a reindeer can walk before needing to urinate.
78bmx TIL that Antarctica is the largest desert in the world
LQdnV TIL some churches have a hagioscope (or squint), a hole in a wall which allowed segregated worshippers to view the altar, one London church had to admonish nuns who got into the habit of kissing ‘secular persons’ via the squint
BgJpK TIL about the Darwin Rock Sitters Club: A Group of Australians Who Sat on Rocks, Drank Beer, and Conducted Scientific Study. They hold the world record for rock sitting
KRj4 TIL Henry Ford didn’t decide to pay his workers $5 per day so they could afford his cars, but to combat massive turnover: In 1913, he hired 52,000 workers and kept 14,000