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TIL Old Spice was originally made for women.

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j610p TIL that the root of the word hysteria is the Greek hystera, meaning uterus, since it was believed that madness and ungovernable emotions were caused by either the wandering or the suffocation of the uterus in the body of a woman
eO6b TIL that the Iranian crown jewels are considered so valuable that they are still used as a reserve to back Iranian currency.
gGMA TIL of Jesse Rae, a Scottish funk musician who dresses as a Scottish Centurion, and whose career ended largely due to his mistrust of the English.
m1lbp TIL in 1988 a tradie named Gordon O'Connor alongside his camel, Carla, defeated dysentery, kidney failure, the Australian outback and the SAS to win the world's longest animal endurance race
wLP87 TIL That the creator of Frasier was killed on September 11th when his plane crashed into the North Tower.