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TIL that when a cat died in Ancient Egypt, their human family would go into a deep mourning and shave their eyebrows.

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OogE1 TIL Norwegian guards working at Nazi prison camps in northern Norway were so brutal that it shocked the German SS soldiers supervising them. The German officers were so unnerved that they removed these guards from active service and others were jailed.
7M0M TIL that Nazi prison guards would perform tickle torture on inmates.
WOGL TIL that Magnum and Magnum XL condoms are no bigger than standard size trojan condoms. It is a psychological method of getting customers to pay a premium.
bnl7 Today I learned that when the President is unmarried or his wife dies during his term, another female relative will become the First Lady. Three president’s daughters, two president’s sisters, two nieces and two daughters-in-law have been First Lady.
PPEO TIL Martin Luther, father of the Protestant Reformation, once said; “Whoever drinks beer, he is quick to sleep; whoever sleeps long, does not sin; whoever does not sin, enters Heaven! Thus, let us drink beer!”