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

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Gvk5 TIL there is a monument in Russia dedicated to enema treatments.
kJpre TIL The CEO Of McLaren Got His Start Winning Wheel Of Fortune. Zak Brown appeared on Wheel of Fortune and won $3,050. He spent all the money to buy a go-kart.
eK76 TIL that a paper published in the Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology concluded “This paper provides support for the "Rotten Barrel” theory of police deviant behavior, which holds that the stressful conditions of the police occupation constitute a primary risk factor for police misconduct.“
1MV8 TIL the “nasal cycle” is the biological process that automatically switches the bulk of breathing from one nostril to the other throughout the course of the day - and it explains why those with colds will often feel more stuffed up on one side at any given time.
5Vg8B TIL that tipping and bribery are related, and countries with higher rates of tipping behavior also tended to have higher rates of corruption