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TIL that the victims of the Pompeii eruption had “perfect teeth” - linked to both a healthy diet and high levels of fluorine in the air and water near the volcano

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BrAMW TIL that there is only one instance in military history of a submarine sinking another while both were submerged: HMS Venturer sank a German U-Boat in 1945 by working out a firing solution on paper after pursuing it undetected for several hours
4kpY5 TIL Trota of Salerno was a 12th century female medical practitioner who wrote on a variety of topics including gynecology and cosmetics, and her writings were used by doctors for centuries
ZpD1v TIL that in the late 1800's and early 1900's, gambling on US elections was extremely widespread. In New York, the amount of money spent on betting on elections would often exceed the total trading in stocks and bonds. Since there weren't modern polls, betting odds were how newspaper predicted races.
xVVZ0 TIL Walt Disney Held And Personally Judged A Beauty Pageant Of His Female Artists
oB9yo TIL that in the Godfather Vito Corlene's cat was actually a stray cat that they found in the middle of the Paramount lot.