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TIL: The Adamites were a 15th century sect that took up the practice of going naked through towns and villages. They considered exclusive marriage to be a sin, and that the chaste were unworthy to enter heaven.

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neoLG TIL that the US may have adopted the metric system if pirates hadn't kidnapped Joseph Dombey, the French scientist sent to help Thomas Jefferson persuade Congress to adopt the system.
KYE7G TIL At age 90, Hugh Hefner's weight dropped to 90lbs and he made visitors sign a confidentiality agreement to see him. He was so sick that he missed his own Playboy Mansion parties and always needed a group of nurses everywhere
jYLN TIL that during the 1800 US Presidential campaign, Federalists sent out a paper saying Jefferson was dead, hoping to suppress his support, hoping word would travel slow that he wasn’t dead.
epMK6 TIL a coal fire may have helped sink the Titanic
obKK TIL of Maurice Wilson, who in 1934 died in an attempt to climb Mount Everest by flying halfway around the world, crash-landing on the mountain, and then walking to the summit despite having no experience in either mountaineering or aviation.