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TIL 250+ roofs in England have base coats of thatch that were applied over 500 years ago. Almost all of these roofs are thatched with wheat or rye, which produced durable straw for the roof and grain for baking bread.

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loKkA TIL of Edith Head, Academy Award-Winning Disney Costume Designer, whom “The Incredibles” character Edna Mode is based off of
e0AAD TIL about David Vetter, a boy lived almost his whole life in a sterile bubble because he had severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID). Dubbed "the boy in the bubble", he died at 12 after a failed bone marrow transplant.
mx17o TIL The longest-lived animal ever found was a 507 year old clam
wXVP TIL Many Japanese Yugioh cards were modified (censored) for American versions.
GEpE TIL of Vietnam’s girl abduction problem. Chinese one child policy led to an imbalance as parents preferred boys over girls. There are no girls for the boys to marry and has caused a kidnapping industry where girls are abducted from neighboring vietnam for Chinese boys to marry or for prostitution.