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TIL that yoga mats were invented more than two thousand years after yoga

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ADp5w TIL The Navajo language is the most spoken Native American language today, with nearly 170,000 speakers. The next most common is Yupik, at 19,750, which is spoken in Alaska
0wM1A TIL that the ingredients used by the witches in Macbeth, such as eye of newt and toe of frog, are actually just old terms for herbs, flowers and plants. In particular, eye of newt is the name for mustard seeds and toe of frog refers to buttercups.
e09k6 TIL "Type A Personality" was invented by researchers who were paid by the tobacco industry to hide the link between smoking and health risks.
OoOl4 TIL microwave ovens DON’T heat food using the “resonant frequency” of water. They work by causing polar molecules (water is one, and so are some fats) to rotate back and forth quickly in an oscillating electromagnetic field, producing molecular vibrations (heat).
PxGn TIL In his late 70’s and until he died, Gandhi slept with two naked 18 year old girls. One was his grandniece.