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TIL that women hold 14 of the longest 23 neutral endurance records in marathon swimming

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nWeQG TIL that there is a term related to the art of hotel toilet paper folding called “toilegami”. The reason for this hotel practice: “Hotels want to give their guests…confidence that the bathroom has been cleaned (so) the maid will fold over the last piece of toilet paper. It is subtle but effective”
VAmZ TIL in 1914, to save money on train fare, May Pierstorff’s parents paid the 53¢ postage, and mailed the 5-year old to her grandparents for a visit. She rode the whole way in the mail car, and was delivered to her grandparents’ house by the mail clerk on duty.
5VW9k TIL The wild ancestor of modern cattle was originally domesticated in India; The first cowboys were Indians.
Mew07 TIL there's a prairie dog nicknamed Killer Supreme for murdering squirrels
M74Pm TIL much of Europe’s claims to carbon neutrality is burning freshly cut wood imported from the Americas in old Coal Plants