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TIL ancient Romans used urine as mouthwash…

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nk0r TIL that today is World Standards Day. Except in the US, which celebrates it on 23 October.
VLOk TIL the ridges around the side of the Quarter are a leftover from when the coin was made of silver. The ridges were meant to prevent the practice of shaving off small amounts of silver from the coins.
Oox5a TIL that Pablo Picasso carried around a revolver loaded with blanks, which he used to shoot at people who asked about the meaning behind his paintings
ZBLp TIL that patients in US treated by foreign doctors are less likely to die than those treated by their American-trained colleagues.
J0Z8 TIL that Sex Pistols lead singer Johnny Rotten appeared as a defendant against one of Captain Beefheart’s drummers on an episode of “Judge Judy”.