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TIL men in Ireland, Poland, Italy, and Portugal have lighter skin than women in these countries.

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Me0xb TIL The ancient Pompeians “did not have ‘perfect teeth’”, and were subject to tooth decay, gum disease, etc.
maLo TIL The first worker to die during construction of the Hoover Dam was J. G. Tierney on 12/20/22; the last death to occur was his son, Patrick Tierney- 13 years later to the day.
JBEv TIL our Masseter Muscles are strong enough to bite through cinder blocks and hand cuffs, but our teeth would break.
d8g6r TIL In 1943 German student Sophie Scholl was sentenced to death for her role in the White Rose non-violent resistence group. The entire process of being taken from her cell to being executed by guillotine was recorded as having taken 48 seconds.
e0LQ4 TIL that during his lifetime, George Washington owned almost every group of dog currently recognized by the American Kennel Club. Many of his dogs had interesting names too, such as: Madame Moose, Truelove, Tipsy, Mopesy, and Ragman.