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TIL that Michelin Stars, awarded to fine restaurants, are indeed awarded by Michelin Tire Co. They started in 1900 to promote restaurants worth traveling to… and therefore increasing tire sales.

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k6X7 TIL that ancient cynics practiced shamelessness by masturbating in public
R7eej TIL about Democritus (460-370BCE), an Ancient Greek philosopher known for his atomic theory of the universe. He was a nobody in Athens and Plato is said to have wanted all his books destroyed.
9wZ5B TIL there is a species that is half animal–half plant
9wOjD TIL the first beer in cans came from a small brewery in Wales , named after it's town , Felinfoel brewery . It was "issued" to the British Army in WW2 , where it was given the name Feelin foul.
4X1Jb TIL that an Indian painter biked from India to Sweden to meet the love of his life.