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TIL toilet paper only became "splinter-free" in the 1930s.

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wZG8 TIL Stradivarius violins are so good because the harsh winters of the 17th century made for slower-growing trees, and very hard, dense wood for carving
gMgXA TIL of the Townsville mutiny - a WWII mutiny by African American members of the US Army in Townsville, AU. Black troopers, subject to regular racial abuse by some of their white officers, turned their machine guns and AA guns on their officers' tents, firing 700 rounds. It was only revealed in 2011.
e9n TIL In 1998 Venus and Serena Williams said they could beat any man ranked 200 or worse; both lost handedly to a man ranked #203, who smoked between the matches.
6E1W8 TIL that on 18 february 1478, George Plantagenet -1st Duke of Clarence- was executed after revolting against his brother King Edward IV. Rumours soon spread he chose the method of execution himself: drowned in a butt of malmsey wine.
P1amO TIL that a ghost kitchen is a kitchen set up to cook food for delivery only, across several brands.