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TIL that dentists existed in 2600 BC

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VGbm TIL The most decorated soldier in US history was an orphan who was shunned by his own men for being too small, and was turned away from two other military services before he got the chance to see combat. He was awarded every medal that a soldier could receive.
EglWo TIL there is a place and the only place today you can see Reindeers coexisting with Penguins is in the Kerguelen islands, an extremely distant subantarctic island located in Southern Indian Ocean.
ODLg TIL Lesbians are 91% more likely to be left-handed than heterosexual women
YAeZ TIL the original US Constitution set no term limits on the President. George Washington voluntarily retired from office after two terms, establishing an informal two-term limit. This custom lasted for nearly 150 years until FDR broke the tradition.
PYOJw TIL a British company sold 1500 magic bomb-detecting dowsing rods to Iraq in 2008 and 2009, for more than £50 million.