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TIL fast food restaurants frequently use Columbus Ohio to test out new products because the demographics of the city closely resemble those of the country as a whole

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5yKR TIL Raphael died after having excessive sex with his mistress
Bw9e TIL that the same $99 microphone has been used by every president since 1965
WBKA TIL The Mona Lisa has no clear visible eyelashes or eyebrows. In 2007, a French engineer used high resolution scans to show that the painting was originally painted with clearly visible eyelashes or eyebrows and they gradually disappeared over time, possible due to overcleaning
780Rx TIL of the “Squeeze”, which was a type of accident in the early days of diving causing a catastrophic loss of pressure in the diving suit of the diver. The immense pressure would suck the skin and organs up into the heavy copper diving helmet, leaving the bones and straps of flesh in the diving suit
OxG4 TIL that Jesse Owens was the 10th child in a poor family. The day after his 5th birthday he developed a large fibrous bump on his chest. As they couldn’t afford a doctor, his mother used a sterilized kitchen knife to carve into his chest and remove a golf-ball sized growth.