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TIL that human hair can be used to accurately measure relative humidity in the air. Human hair hygrometers have been in use since the 18th century.

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D1pLP TIL of Bill Irwin, the first profoundly blind man to hike the Appalachian Trail. He completed the journey with the help of his guide dog, Orient.
4XBQ5 TIL Mr bean only had 15 episodes
m1wlx TIL the first president of the United States of America was called “Gerge”
loljr TIL Gary Webb, the reporter from the San Jose Mercury News who first broke the story of CIA involvement in the cocaine trade, was found dead with “two gunshot wounds to the head.” His death, in 2004, was ruled a suicide.
KnYJ TIL that Pope Francis has never used the internet, despite having nine different twitter accounts and more than 20 million followers