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R5009 TIL It has been scientifically proven that stroking a cat can lower one's blood pressure.
rR8Nx TIL There was a romance novel about KFC, set in medieval England. It launched in 2017 for mothers day, and was called "Tender Wings of Desire".
ANoA4 TIL a 3,200-year-old tablet shows that ancient Egyptians took attendance at work and recorded absences. One type of reason cited for missing work was "wife or daughter bleeding" referring to menstruation because men were needed at home during this time to help with the housework.
b6gYZ TIL Chinese jade burial suits could take up to ten years to make and were ordered well in advance of death. Liu Sheng was known as a man who enjoyed good living and by the time he died in 113 BC his stomach had grown so large that another hundred plaques were added.
d81Q9 TIL: 22 year old George Washington was the catalyst of the the French and Indian War, which became the "7 Year War of 1756-1763" in Europe, and which Winston Churchill referred to as the real "First World War" as it encompassed much of the European world.