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TIL ancient Egyptian priests used to pluck every single hair from their body to sanctify themselves. ouch

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EZB7 TIL that the first scripted inter-racial kiss on US television (Star Trek) was meant to be filmed with and without the kiss. Shatner and Nichols deliberately flubbed every take of the shot without the kiss so that they could not be used.
gM97W TIL that an air traffic controller Peter Nielsen, who was involved in a mid-air collision resulting in 71 deaths, was tracked down and killed by Vitaly Kaloyev whose wife and children died in the crash and that Vitaly was praised as a hero when he was released and returned home
lb5 TIL The 2012 Olympics may end up costing London about 10 times what had originally been estimated.
DLwe TIL: the youngest person to give birth, did so at the age of 5.
XmKX TIL - The word vegetarian, coined by the founders of the British Vegetarian Society in 1842, The original meaning of the word implies a balanced philosophical and moral sense of life, a lot more than just a diet of vegetables and fruits.