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loyJB TIL teeth are not bones but are evolved fish scales
OGZ0R TIL 35% of children share their bed with a pet.
woXYM TIL Byzantine princess Theophano, wife of Holy Roman emperor Otto was resented by the emperor's courtiers for her peculiar habits, including "luxurius tastes", like demanding to take a bath daily and using "a golden double prong to bring food to her mouth", instead of eating with her hands
BgQrx TIL The United States considered using 520 nuclear bombs to blast away an alternative to the Suez Canal through Israel in the 1960s
5No9 TIL Keith Moon and John Entwistle once payed a hooker $100 to give Pete Townshend gonorrhea