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TIL about the Mandela Effect, in which large groups of people share a misinterpretted memory.

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1aNkV TIL that ancient greek males were not ashamed of exposing their entire genitalia, only the glans. This led to the habit of covering it up with the foreskin using a special knot called "kynodesme", or dog tie.
0YmL TIL that the pirate captain Benjamin Hornigold once attacked a ship just to replace his crew’s hats. They got drunk the previous night and they tossed theirs overboard.
8YmZ TIL Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder can be recognized on people of all ages by examining several distinct facial features, such as a “smooth philtrum” (AKA lack of groove between nose & lip)
W77WA TIL in 2002 while on holiday, Paleontologist Gerard Gierlinski accidentally stumbled upon what are thought to be the oldest human-like footprints ever discovered, dating to around 5.6 million years ago
JY0Ev TIL Ballet dancers have a significantly higher pain tolerance and pain threshold than non-dancers because of their greater exposure to physical training