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TIL that the Ancient Greeks invented the spiked dog collar to protect their canine buddies from wolf attacks

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og1A TIL Land of Westeros in Game of Thrones is United Kingdom on top of Ireland upside down.
yQpxM TIL that when euro bank notes were issued in 2002, they featured fictional bridges, so as not to cause a row amongst EU member countries. 10 years later, however, an architect for the town of Spijkenisse claimed them for the Netherlands by building all seven of them on a single waterway.
N7nAQ TIL Tchaikovsky was gay
wLYGJ TIL The pristine white marble of the Taj Mahal is becoming disoloured thanks to a river which is now too dirty for the fish that used to keep the insects at bay, pollution from industry and a nearby oil refinery, and despite folk remedies of fullers earth mud packs. Current status in comments.
l7OWa TIL about psoralen, a compound found naturally in foods such as parsley, celery, and citrus fruits. It increases the skin's sensitivity to sunlight and makes it more prone to sunburn