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TIL the First Aid Kit was invented for railroad surgeons who needed sterile equipment to treat their construction workers.

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MeOob TIL FDA has banned the use of microplastic in rinse-off cosmetics.
D4QY TIL there are no white cornerbacks on any NFL roster and there haven’t been any for the past 10 years
d9G9 TIL that the trend of baggy shorts in the NBA was started by Michael Jordan because he wanted to wear his UNC shorts under his Bulls shorts.
4Xbpo TIL Florence Nightingale's god-daughter was beaten to death on a train in 1920 and her murder has never been solved.
vnDx TIL that the longest unbroken alliance in world history is between England and Portugal; it has been going for 631 years and still stands today.