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TIL The first products designed specifically to wipe after using the bathroom were aloe-infused sheets of manila hemp but people rejected them in favor of the Sears Roebuck Catalog

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OGe61 TIL the average Saudi makes over 42 times the income of the average Yemeni - the biggest income difference between neighbors in the world (almost double the difference between South and North Korea).
LQAjd TIL that sleeping too much is associated with greater risk of coronary heart disease, stroke, and diabetes than sleeping too little in adults over 45.
pjnZ TIL as of May 19, 2016, Betty Reid Soskin at age 94, she is the oldest National Park Ranger serving the United States.
R7989 TIL about Monte Testaccio, the 'Mountain of Pots' in Rome, a hill made entirely from around 53 million discarded ancient Roman containers used to carry olive oil. It is one of the largest ancient 'spoil mounds' in the world, and is now key in understanding Roman trade routes in Spain and Libya.
6EJjX TIL a medical theory which holds that the human appendix serves as a storehouse for good bacteria, and helps to "reboot" the human digestive system after a chronic or short term diarrheal sickness