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TIL Professionals who walk over hot coals and broken glass have confirmed that walking over Lego bricks is more painful

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R5LXa TIL the arabic word for Hell, "Jahannam", is directly derived from Gehenna, a valley in Jerusalem.
nekV9 TIL Asphalt is not a modern material. Regular production of asphalt is known from the 3rd millennium BC. The Babylonians even used it to fasten carved eyes to statues.
nepXP TIL: The oldest surviving book in the world is made of gold and was found by someone digging a trench for a canal only 70 years ago in Bulgaria
ep5Wn TIL few species are known to go through menopause, with humans and chimpanzees being the only documented primates. Scientists aren't sure why.
lo7NV TIL: "Braces for your eyes" exist. Corrective nighttime contact lenses so no contacts are worn during the day.