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TIL of the Toddler’s Truce, where British television stations would stop broadcasting between 6pm - 7pm to allow parents to put their children to bed.

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ADE8B TIL of "Zonal" languages. Zonals are like universal languages but for a specific language family. Slavic, Germanic, and Romance languages would all have their own "Zonal" designed using familiar rules/logic/alphabet/etc. The goal is promoting greater regional cohesion in a language zone.
grZeX TIL Some farmers use hail cannons to try and disrupt hailstones in the atmosphere, so they don't ruin their crops.
8aKNV TIL: Ancient Romans used a community sponge on a stick to wipe their butts. The wealthy carried their own shit sticks. [NSFW]
J1jml TIL that Native Americans weren't legally considered U.S. citizens until 1924 when President Calvin Coolidge signed the Indian Citizenship Act into law. The 14th Amendment defined a citizen as anyone born in the United States, but the courts said it didn't apply to Native peoples.
wdNW TIL the bald truth of what really happened to Steve from Blues Clues!! He was starting to lose his hair and decided to leave the show to go after other career options.