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TIL that a shirt made in the 1300s would cost $3,500 to make today.

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grKrL TIL about the Nemi ships, two ancient Roman ships built under the reign of Caligula and discovered in 1929. The larger ship was an elaborate floating palace containing marble, heating and plumbing, and baths. They were both destroyed during WW2.
PYwdG TIL the famous 'tank man' incident happened June 5, 1989 - one day after the Tiananmen Square Massacre
woP67 TIL Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor was the final resident of the infamous 10050 Cielo Drive house before it was razed--the house was the site of the Manson Family murders of Sharon Tate and her friends. Reznor recorded most of his career-defining album, 'The Downward Spiral' there.
LkmNv TIL that placebo (substance with no therapeutic value) is used not only in pharmacy to test drugs, but also in surgery to test the effect of intervention.It's called sham surgery, when surgical intervention omits the step thought to be therapeutically necessary. There was 53 sham surgery cases.
nWvBd TIL that a court reporter must type around 200 WPM on a stenograph to become certified. In comparison, the average WPM on a standard keyboard is around 40.