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TIL due to lack of sugar in their diet the average person in the Middle Ages had teeth that were in very good condition

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x6LAw TIL Golf was banned in England in 1457 because it was considered a distraction from the serious pursuit of archery.
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kJrYd TIL mussels, which you eat, start out life as parasites
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gmb7 TIL that Peter Capaldi (the new Doctor) was once the lead singer of a punk band that also included Craig Ferguson