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TIL that Déjà rêvé is the feeling of having already dreamed something that you are now experiencing.

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Awlw TIL there is a charity you can donate your wedding gown to and they will have it converted into multiple gowns for families who have lost a baby. The gown is used for final photos and the burial.
p8oy8 TIL about Drapetomania, a mental illness that Dr. Samuel Cartwright hypothesized as the cause of slaves wanting to flee captivity
e0NQ6 TIL Kvass, like many of the oldest-known beer styles, was likely discovered by accident. Somebody drank the water-bread mixture that had been sitting out for a few days and decided what it had turned into was something worth making again
RoeQ TIL the Fahrenheit system was designed with the freezing point of brine as 0 degrees, 32 degrees as the freezing point of water, and 96 degrees as the temperature of the human body. The difference between 32 and 96 was useful for instrumentation at the time (64 can be bisected 6 times).
NX6Nb TIL Louis XIV, the longest-reigning monarch in European history, was a devoted ballet dancer who performed 80 roles in 40 court ballets, often playing majestic parts like Apollo or the Sun. He cleverly used ballet both to entertain and to distract his court from political affairs.