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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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VBJ7p TIL that in the 1994 Caribbean Cup, a rule change plus the need to win by two goals resulted in Grenada trying to score in either net and Barbados defending both nets.
Egp57 TIL that most people prefer AI-generated poetry to poetry made by humans
kPB4 TIL there is a Chinese conceptual artist named Liu Bolin who specializes in making himself invisible in everyday surroundings.
V9eQ TIL Bill Gates’ net worth is four and a half times as large as North Korea’s estimated GDP
ajKo TIL that during the U.S. Civil War, former President John Tyler became a Confederate and was elected to serve in the Condeferate congress. He is the only U.S. President to not be mourned officially in Washington D.C. due to his being a Confederate supporter.