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TIL Italy was never a province of the Roman Empire, it instead had the special administrative status of "Domina provinciarum" meaning "ruler of the provinces"

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8dVX TIL During prohibition, people used to get prescriptions for ‘medical’ wine and alcohol, just like today with weed.
AZng TIL that tampons were originally designed for bullet wounds
DRav TIL that there are 30+ different stories from all over the world, that detail a World wide flood.
GYZn7 TIL a researcher spent her career studying what differentiates successful from unsuccessful people. She found grit, which she defines as "passion and perseverance for long-term goals", to be the main determinant of success, at least as good as IQ or socio-economic status at predicting life outcomes.
xVROo TIL there are trees in Japan that survived the Hiroshima/Nagasaki atomic bombings, one was only 740 meters from the hypocenter that completely destroyed the castle upon whose grounds it grew.