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TIL The rise of publishing by the eighteenth century led to the use of newspapers and cheap editions of popular books for cleansing after using the toilet

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NX0GJ TIL: Chifforobe is not spelled Shiftrobe.
X0pB6 TIL about Dorilocos, a street food snack from Mexico that incorporates Dorito nacho cheese chips mixed with pork rinds, jicama, cucumbers, carrots, peanuts, lime juice, hot sauce, chili powder and even gummy bears. It is a variant of Tostilocos which is made with Tostitos.
ADejw TIL the IRA tried to kill the UK Cabinet in 1991 by launching 3 mortar shells at 10 Downing Street from a specially modified Ford Transit van. One missed by 30 yards. Had any of the shells hit the target, it's likely the entire UK cabinet would have been killed
WkrnY TIL physicists say they have found a exotic particle called Tetraquark
m1vly TIL that the founder of Chuckee Cheese was also involved in the creation of Atari