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TIL the T-shirt was invented in 1904 and marketed to bachelors who couldn’t sew or replace buttons

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Zmgo TIL a man once required surgery for what doctors call “penile fracture” after “running across the room and trying to penetrate his wife with a flying leap.”
jnva TIL that the diamond engagement ring is one of the bigest scams in history.
4XOW6 TIL The East India Company controlled its own army, which by 1800 comprised some 200,000 soldiers, more than twice the membership of the British Army at that time. The army was used to carry out officially sanctioned looting within Indian States, along with forced over-taxation.
xV0o7 TIL that the Cimbris and the Teutones defeated Romans in 105BCE killing 80,000-120,000 Romans. This led to a second consulship for Gaius Marius (Julius Ceasars uncle) though he hadn't fulfilled the criteria of 10 year gap between consulships.
Wgad TIL there are more species of fish found in the Amazon river then are recorded in the entire Atlantic ocean.