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TIL that romans didnt have any word to define skin color

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oBn0R TIL a Dutch man named Jan de Doot, in 1651, removed his own bladder stone with a kitchen knife. He pulled it out through an incision he made in his perineum. It was the size of an egg and weighed a quarter of a pound. He lived for years after, and had the stone plated in gold.
PQbO TIL that the word “Jay” used to mean stupid, and was eventually applied to country folk, who were seen as unworldly. When these country folk, or Jays, came to the city, they didn’t understand traffic signals and crosswalks and crossed wherever and whenever they could. Thus, they were “jaywalking.”
GAmNG TIL PFC Sadeo Munemori was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for diving on a live grenade. He was the only Japanese American decorated during or immediately after WWII.
BrZxK TIL before becoming popular, the Beatles had several stints playing clubs in Hamburg, Germany. One period came to an end because Paul McCartney and drummer Pete Best were arrested for arson and deported. They were caught setting fire to a condom in a concrete corridor.
A6vw TIL In 1942 Hitler met with Mannerheim in an attempt to get Finnish support against the Soviets. Mannerheim lit a cigar and when Hitler (who was known to hate smoking) did not complain, he interpreted it as a sign of weakness and did not agree to the request.