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TIL between the 1840's and 1940's there was an idea that couples did better to sleep in separate beds. People thought if couples slept together the sleeper who was weaker in some way (such as older) would absorb vitality from the sleeper who was stronger in some way

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epnO6 TIL Dasia Taylor invented color changing sutures that detect infection when she was 17. Her invention uses beets, which change color at different pH levels. After learning about smart sutures that use expensive technology, she set out to create a more accessible solution for developing countries.
JYJLl TIL of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, with only two citizens, it has been described as the smallest sovereign state in the world. It has Observer Status at the UN and has its own currency, passports, and postage stamps. It claims continuity from a crusader order over 900 years old.
Lad9 TIL Cold fusion is still being researched, but the researchers currently working in the field complain of a chronic lack of funding and fear of being ridiculed by their colleagues
awbOo TIL: Bigfoot was created as a silly unplanned joke by Raymond L. Wallace in a Northern California logging camp in 1958. He used carved wooden feet to stomp the tracks of over-sized footprints. Even though his family have shed light on the prank lots of people still believe in Bigfoot's existence.
6R07 TIL 3 men from Yemen tried to sue NASA for invading Mars, claiming they had inherited it from their ancestors 3,000 years ago.