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TIL Asbestos was commonly used to make false relics as the fire resistance was seen as miraculous. Additionally Charlemagne allegedly had an asbestos tablecloth he threw into fires to impress guests.

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VBJND TIL that Willie Littlechild, the former Grand Chief of the Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations, attended a residential indigenous school and was the first “status Indian”to get a law degree in Alberta.
Y7Rjr TIL that some common oral contraceptives (birth-control pills) can be rendered ineffective if stored for an extended period of time above 30 degC (86 degF) - such as inside a hot car. They can also be degraded by storage in a cold place such as a home refrigerator or freezer.
xVvWw TIL the clitoris of a young female fossa (a rare mongoose-like predator in Madagascar) enlarges and grows spikes to appear like an adult male fossa penis, to avoid the unwanted attention of older males
4djX TIL that in Switzerland a seven-member Federal Council serves as the collective head of state, with each member leading an executive department. The current council consists of four men and three women from five different political parties.
EGQx TIL television networks accidentally aired an episode of Three’s Company where John Ritter’s scrotum is briefly visible. When asked about the scene, John Ritter requested networks air both versions of the re-run, edited and unedited, because “sometimes you feel like a nut, and sometimes you don’t.”