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TIL that the oldest customer service complaint was from 4,000 years ago. The world’s first customer complaint was found on a clay cuneiform tablet in Mesopotamia. It was written by a customer named Nanni who complained of bad copper ingots.

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0d41M TIL: There's a rare disorder called Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis, turning people's skin into tree-like bark with wart growths due to HPV. Also known as "Tree Man Illness," the disorder is inherited when an individual inherits one copy, from each parent, of a defective gene.
JYo4k TIL the Wonder Bra was invented in Canada and was voted the fifth most important Canadian invention, higher than the pacemaker.
Bgm8K TIL due to minimal precipitation, Antarctica is classified as a desert. In fact, it’s the largest desert in the world.
jNgAX Russia sent trained dolphins to war in Syria.
N7KPE TIL that a Chemistry Prof Accidentally Killed Herself by Allowing 2 Drops of Organic Mercury to Land on Her Gloved Hand