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TIL that the Ancient Egyptians used Crocodile dung for birth control

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Oog4e TIL upon being told that his Secretary of War, Edwin M. Stanton, had called him a "Damned Fool", Lincoln responded "Then I dare say, I must be one, for Stanton is generally right and he always speaks his mind."
W7kJ4 TIL about Fucino, a huge lake in central Italy that was completely drained and converted into one of the most fertile plains in the country.
vPO14 TIL no dummies were used in the stunt heavy movie "Hot Rod" and in the first scene, a stuntman breaks his femur in the failed jump
yQr4p TIL British Rail applied for and were granted a patent to a Flying Saucer in the 1970's.
9Ye4D TIL, when Maxim Gorky arrived in the US in 1906, he initially received a warm welcome. President Roosevelt, Mark Twain et al. planned to meet him. But when it was reported that Gorky was accompanied not by his wife, but by his mistress, his hotel threw him out and he got cancelled.