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TIL that ancient Romans used urine as mouthwash. Urine contains ammonia, which is one of the best natural cleaning agents on the planet.

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pYOoO TIL that the oldest continuously running maternity hospital in the world is in Dublin. It was established in 1745. By Bartholomew Mosse. 9,000 babies are born here every year.
kOpm5 TIL about Collingwood Ingram, a British man who became an expert on cherry trees and saved the great white cherry from extinction in Japan.
gRkD TIL that there are more fried chicken restaurants in South Korea than there are McDonald’s restaurants worldwide
jN4wR TIL in 2015 "Hello Barbie" was released. She used speech recognition and connected to wifi. When you pressed her belt buckle, Barbie saved what you said to the cloud so she could learn your likes and dislikes and incorporate them into future conversations. Some parents found it "too creepy".
598D TIL During Bruce Lee’s second autopsy, his doctor tried to attribute his cause of death to Cannabis