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TIL That all of the worlds Botox is made in a factory in Westport,Ireland

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69WvJ TIL Wilt Chamberlain is the reason players have to stay behind the foul line when shooting a free throw. While at KU, thanks to his 7’ height, 7’8” wingspan, and 50” vertical, he would start from top of the key, leap before the foul line, and dunk the ball before he touched the ground in the lane.
oADA TIL toddlers in China wear ‘split pants’ or 'crotchless pants’ so they can urinate and defecate in public places with ease.
PYXnV TIL It was common in American churches to auction pews to families as a means of raising income, as churches lacked government funding through mandatory tithing. Those lacking money for these pews were demeaned by their relegation to “free seats.”
j684R TIL Leonhard Euler wrote 234 letters to 15 year old German Princess Friederike Charlotte over a period of two years in order to teach her math, physics, and sciences. These letters were later reprinted as a textbook for "every female academy in the kingdom"
QNMO9 TIL many commonly used statistical methods, such as Student's t-test, were invented by the head brewer at Guiness Brewery for quality control