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TIL the little “pocket” in women’s underwear is called a “Panty Gusset”.

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ep6Mn TIL that the first fitted glass contact lens was created in 1888
ABg4 TIL thousands and thousands of mites closely related to spiders live in the pores of your face. They come out at night to mate and lay their eggs. Scientists aren’t sure of their purpose or what they eat
8a9b8 TIL of a meteorite originating from the Mars moon Phobos that fell on the territory of a russian military base in Yemen in 1980. It contains the mineral Florenskiite, not found anywhere else on Earth.
oBEBo TIL that, in 1986, Michael Moore was an editor for the progressive magazine Mother Jones. He was fired after only four months. The reasoning behind his firing is disputed, but he sued for $2 million, settled for $58,000, and used that money to fund his first movie.
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