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TIL that 2g of DNA could hold all digitally stored information in the world

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ep6Zb TIL That in the victorian era, corsets were not worn crushingly tight, but merely snug, and a lot of what we see is heavily altered
45Mg TIL about the Irish Goodbye, where you leave a social gathering without saying a word. It won’t be rude because they won’t even notice that you left.
VLAB TIL that a bite from a common tick can cause a permanent anaphylactic meat and milk allergy in people.
9eXr TIL that President Lyndon B. Johnson once said, “If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.”
gM5Ay TIL Julius Caesar was "slut shamed" for an alleged sexual relationship with King Nicomedes Bithynia. Not because it was of a homosexual nature, but because Caesar was allegedly the receptive partner. The accusation may have been a political smear, but it bothered Caesar for the rest of his life.