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TIL that James Brown’s mother was half-Asian and his father was half-Native American

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EgEB7 TIL Puppy Water was a moisturising cosmetic used in 1600’s, the recipe was Sallet Oil 4 pound, 2 Puppy-dogs newly whelped, Earthworms washed in white Wine 1 pound; boil the Whelps til they fall in pieces then put in the worms a while after strain it, add 3 ounces of Cypress Turpentine.
R7Gmw TIL That levels are sometimes referred to as "spirit levels" because the fluid inside was commonly colored spirit or alcohol for contrast. Today the fluid is usually a dyed ethanol because it doesn't freeze as easily and provides less friction for bubble movement when compared to water.
Oorm1 TIL William Wrigley, founder of Wrigley’s Gum, invented direct mail marketing. In 1915 he mailed a pack of gum to every person in the phone directory in the United States.
KLxG TIL a man lived in the forest for almost 30 years with almost zero human contact
VBywG TIL that Christopher Columbus refused to accept he had discovered a new continent and insisted it was India until his death. He was initially denied funding by Portugal and Castile because scholars had correctly calculated that India was far farther away than his calculations.