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TIL your mouth is made of the same skin cells as a vagina.

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e0JQg TIL that in the year 774 a "red crucifix" was seen in the sky, after sunset. This was likely caused by an extremely powerful solar flare. If a similar flare hit the earth today, modern human civilization could collapse due to wide spread power outages and damage to the power infrastructure.
kJEB TIL that at Treblinka death camp during WWII, the commander of the camp, Kurt Franz, frequently enjoyed kicking and killing babies arriving at the camp.
7rMp TIL women were not the first choice as telephone operators. Prior to September 1, 1878, when a woman named Emma Nutt became the first female operator, boys were the preferred choice. It was soon apparent, however, that boys often insulted and prank customers.
M75m7 TIL about Rick Rescorla, a survivor of America's toughest battle in Vietnam(Ia Drang, LZ X Ray), was also the one to organize an evacuation plan in case a plane hit the Twin Towers. He was last seen entering the tower looking for survivors.
nW7Ro TIL of the "Green Book" which helped Black Americans know which restaurants, hotels and gas stations would serve them and/or do them no harm between the 1930s-1960s