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TIL that erotic automaton pocket watches were a fad in the day.

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kOOoE TIL that wind-chill is not actually accurate and that it was made up by two explorers in Antarctica
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X0kVX TIL: Thomas Harriot invented binary numbers to measure wine
j6X6n TIL that UK used to do "virginity tests" at their airports on women coming from South Asian countries, these exams used to also occur on women at British High Commissions in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. In 2021 this procedure was officially made illegal and criminalized in England and Wales
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