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TIL The World's Oldest Complete and surviving Book Was found In Bulgaria and its +2.600 years old

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wn6J TIL there was a guy in Korea named Sim Jae-duck. He started the World Toilet Association. His goal was to make public restrooms better for everyone. His house was even shaped like a toilet and was turned into a museum after his death.
4kBX5 TIL the James Webb Space Telescope has a focal length of 131400 mm (131.4 m)
rRWx0 TIL despite being worth €37.3 billion the founder of IKEA drove an old Volvo, travelled by economy class, brought a lunch box to work, visited vegetable street markets right before they closed for the day, hoping to get better prices and shopped for clothes at the local flea markets.
8ao88 TIL that the US Navy maintains a white oak forest in Indiana for the oldest commissioned US naval vessel, USS Constitution. The forest is 150 oak trees in reserve for repairs to the wooden 224 year old Constitution when she needs it.
Me9YV TIL before the invention of the at home Pregnancy test in the 70s, doctors would inject a woman’s urine into rats and if the rat had ovulated, it was the sign of a positive pregnancy test