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TIL that from 1860 to 1916 the British Army required every soldier to have a mustache

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L8gZ TIL that “peruse” is it’s own antonym, defined as (a) to examine in detail or (b) to look over in a casual manner.
yVlaJ TIL In 2015, a long-forgotten tape in the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library containing a private conversation with Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney in 1985 was discovered. It revealed a friendly moment between Reagan and Mulroney
l75jB TIL about the Sea Spider, a deep sea arthropod native to all of the world's oceans. The Sea Spider, which can grow to the size of a housecat, uses its proboscis to suck the guts of its soft-bodied prey. The prey sometimes survives this feeding, but in a weakened state.
8rGL TIL that actor and diabetes spokesperson Wilford Brimley has opposed legislation in multiple states banning cockfighting. He also travels to arizona to attend cockfights.
KWR6 TIL the liquid from canned chickpeas, known as “aquafaba”, makes an effective egg white substitute and there is currently no scientific consensus why