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TIL that colour photography has existed as far back as the 1850s

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P1gmG TIL Six years after surviving a shark attack and following repeated appeals to South Australian authorities, Chris Blowes finally won a special exemption that gave him the legal right to possession of the tooth of the great white shark that took his leg. (Full story in comments)
5Rb9 TIL Cahokia was the largest city in North America prior to the arrival of Columbus. It rivaled London at the time, and was only surpassed in the 1780’s.
GAD7Q TIL Raccoons can make more than 200 different sounds
8VQX TIL That in the 1800’s there was a condition called Dysaesthesia aethiopica, which proposed a theory for the cause of laziness among slaves. The ‘cure’ was more lashings and a hard days labour in the sun.
owW7 TIL Halitosis is a made up word that was invented in order to sell more Listerine.