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TIL George Washington was surprised to discover the Chinese weren’t White

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yQjJM TIL many of the modern holiday standards, including "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer", "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree", "A Holly Jolly Christmas", "Silver and Gold", and "Run Rudolph Run" were written by a single Jewish American songwriter named Johnny Marks.
omwW TIL that in 2010 there was a ballot initiative in Washington to make the state seal include a tapeworm dressed in a three piece suit attached to the lower intestine of a taxpayer.
4kPM6 TIL the infamous Iron Maiden torture device is likely mythical and there's no evidence of it ever being used during the Middle Ages, their first cited stories were written in the 19th century
KYR8E TIL blood lost during a cycle isn’t blood that’s been “stored” over the month long cycle, it’s blood coming from blood vessels in the uterus. As the uterine lining pulls away, ‘tiny’ ruptures/tears are caused in the blood vessels, and heavy cycles are caused by enlarged vessels & hormone imbalance
O56e TIL it is the tradition in Sri Lanka for children to throw their baby teeth onto the roof of their house in the presence of a squirrel.