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TIL sliced bread was first sold in 1928, marketed as “The greatest thing since wrapped bread”

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kOvW1 TIL that soccer player Didier Drogba and his teammates helped stop a civil war in their native Ivory Coast by asking both sides to stop fighting.
R5oD4 TIL: There has been numerous research which links height as one of the most important factors in attractiveness. 180cm + men have higher reproductive rates. In general, women reproduce with men 2.3+ cm taller, while men reproduce with 2.5cm+ shorter, younger women. This is consistent across cultures
W7BJ9 TIL My 8x great grandfather was one of the few individuals in the Americas executed by the capital punishment of the breaking wheel in front of the St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans, Louisiana on June 7, 1757.
9Ymo6 TIL that for a 16 years (from 1644-1660), eating mince pie was banned in England as it was a “frivolous activity.” This resulted in mince pie making and eating becoming an underground activity.
7yMx TIL that Bluetooth is named after 10th Century king Harald Bluetooth who united Danish tribes into a single kingdom, and that the Bluetooth logo is made of the runes for his initials.