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TIL peppermints that you get after meals aren’t only to give you fresh breath, but they also aid in digestion.

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worn6 TIL that in 2021, scientists successfully revived microscopic organisms called rotifers that had been frozen in Siberian permafrost for 24,000 years, and they were still able to reproduce.
mnvM TIL that a .45 caliber handgun was stolen from President William Howard Taft and was then used in several murders.
yQa5X TIL that liverpool fc chose nike instead of new balance, even though the money offert was the same, because nike offered lebron, s. williams and drake as marketers for liverpool fc [meaning that the 3 will use social media to promote the club and will wear liverpool fc shirts in public]
Br7Od TIL that English used to have a letter for "th", called thorn. That letter was shorthanded to y, therefore "ye olde shoppe"
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