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TIL The Romans started their calendars from March. So October meaning 8 should be the 8th month, September the 9th etc.

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GADo5 TIL that people who spend a lot of time around birds are prone to Bird Fancier’s Lung, which can cause shortness of breath, fever, dry cough, chest pain, weight loss, fatigue, and pulmonary fibrosis. It’s caused by inhaling proteins found in dried bird droppings and feathers.
9YDNX TIL - The Red Peppers used in Tabasco Sauce are made into a Pepper Mash and aged in decommissioned white oak bourbon barrels sourced from different distilleries around the US.
rRJRM TIL it takes about 37 gallons of water to make a single roll of toilet paper, and the average person uses 384 trees worth of toilet paper in their lifetime.
N7PM8 TIL that a person working in the telecom industry made an AI bot to prank telemarketers that talks to them until they catch on as he was annoyed with telemarketing calls. He created an algorithm that says, "Hello? hello?" to trick the agent to thinking they have reached their target.
9Y5om TIL that Maltese is derived from a form of Sicilian Arabic.