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TIL That only around 5% of the sale price of Fair Trade goods is passed onto the producers, the vast majority is lost in the rich countries that promote them

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V4KD TIL that blind people can get a miniature guide horse if they don’t want a guide dog or are allergic to dogs.
MeB8B TIL Codpiece (Middle English: cod, meaning “scrotum”), feature of 15-16th c. men’s fashion, was shaped & padded to emphasize the genital area. It became fashionable to design the codpiece to hold the penis in a position insinuating it was erect constantly—a statement of political and economic power.
4wZR TIL that William Howard Taft who served as the 27th President of the United States over 100 years ago was the last President to have facial hair while in office