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TIL that it was illegal for women to wear pants in Paris until they lifted the ban SIX MONTHS ago

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7rWNP Dolphins purposefully get pricked by Pufferfish to get high.
e0WVk TIL children from countries exposed to parasitic worms are less likely to be diagnosed with allergies
XwDD TIL that aircraft engines aren’t always bought by airlines, but are rented by the hour.
b9Dva TIL the surface of the Moon is actually dark, although compared to the night sky it appears very bright, with a reflectance just slightly higher than that of worn asphalt.
v1Zr4 TIL that a crowd of 500 Northern civilians tried to watch the First Battle of Bull Run. Among them was a US congressman. He was close enough to the battle that, during the Union retreat, he was captured by Confederate infantry. Upon his release, he wrote a best-selling book about his imprisonment.