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TIL It is thought that the first vibrator may have been made by Cleopatra, by filling a tube with bees.

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mQdE TIL The white paint for the White House is made by the same German company that also makes the paint for Buckingham Palace
neEJW TIL during the Battle of Lexington in the American Revolution there was a tense 10 minute standoff between the British and the Americans. A local mentally ill man took this time to wander between both sides trying to sell hard cider
e0ZWn TIL Canada Post receives so many letters to Santa Claus each year that they created a mailing address (with postal code H0H 0H0) from which postal workers volunteer to respond to kids' letters.
R7vd4 TIL that North Korea beat Italy at the 1966 World Cup 1-0 and reached the quarter-finals of the tournament but was eventually beaten by Portugal despite a strong showing
kOyLE TIL astronaut Bruce McCandless floated in space completely unattached to anything, 320 feet away from the space-shuttle with only a nitrogen jetpack back in 1984.