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TIL that the first fitted glass contact lens was created in 1888

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9Yd57 TIL Thomas Jefferson had a Shetland sheep that he kept on the White House lawn described as "this abominable animal". It would attack people who took shortcuts across the lawn, injuring a few people and killing a small boy.
6RZW TIL kissing on the lips is not universal or innate human behavior. The tradition started in India and spread after Alexander the Great conquered Punjab in 326 B.C. Kissing was unheard of in the Western world before this!
9wlLX TIL that the official motto of Fall River, Massachusetts was ‘We’ll Try’ from 1843-2017.
4Qro TIL there’s a group of tribes in the Amazon that’s so linguistically diverse that having a spouse that speaks the same language as you is considered a kind of incest.
j6RAX TIL there is a lake called "Titi-caca"