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TIL the oldest known socks were intended to be worn with sandals

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VMON4 TIL one man who has a very rare blood type helped save the lives of more than 2,000,000 babies by donating blood nearly every week for the past 60 years
pYYDA TIL firecrackers were banned in Canada 50 years ago when some kids died in a tent fire.
xVE11 TIL that contrary to popular belief, the vast majority born in California remain in California rather than moving to other States. California actually has one of the highest retention rates for native born citizens in the country.
OoxmR TIL of the Amesbury Archer (Amesbury pronounced Aims-bree), a skeleton of a Bronze Age man discovered where some new houses were going to be built.
5KQR TIL in 1958, Alabama tried to ban a children’s book about a white bunny marrying a black bunny, claiming it promoted mixed-race marriage. The author was confused, since he’d made the bunnies black and white to look picturesque in the illustrations.