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TIL that romans didnt have any word to define skin color

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ADOPB TIL that we eat our boogers as a way for our immune system to develop a resistance to the germs that are found in them. Also, our bodies make them taste sweet as a way to entice us to eat them. Our bodies want us to eat our boogers.
R7pW9 TIL Aristotle observed that fossils of seashells in rocks resembled those found on beaches. He inferred that the fossils in rocks were formed by organisms, and he reasoned that the positions of land and sea had been changing slowly since ancient times. Leonardo da Vinci agreed with this reasoning.
W7dld TIL that nuclear bomb survivors in Japan (Hibakusha) were extremely societally discriminated against when searching a spouse or a job, due to the public considering them contagious or “damaged”.
graVW TIL The Wiggles we’re the highest earning band in Australia in 2013, beating out both Keith Urban and AC/DC.
JYkkB TIL There is an island called “Just Enough Room”, where there’s just enough room for a tree and a house.