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TIL: there had been a “thirty years war” between Scientology and the IRS. Scientology Won

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JYDoj TIL: Nostalgia was originally a medical condition, and originally diagnosed in soldiers who suffered from depression due to homesickness
bdDE TIL that up until the 1960′s, the only reliable pregnancy test was to inject a woman’s urine into a female African clawed frog. If the woman was pregnant, the frog would ovulate within 12 hours.
rRd0e TIL that Queen Victoria is credited with spreading the tradition of brides wearing white dresses to their weddings. After her wedding to Albert in 1840, the colour white became a status symbol of wealth and power, and others quickly followed her example.
XEK7D TIL After officially being prohibited for many years, eating beef in Japan was legalised in 1871 as part of an effort to introduce western culture to the country
WkYn4 TIL after the festival Burning Man, a cleaning crew combs through the grounds to clean up “MOOP” or trash as small as single hairs from wigs in order to pass a federal inspection.