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TIL high heels were originally worn by men. They were found to be extremely effective in keeping a horse riders’ feet in the stirrups, then evolved to a social status symbol, then a fashion statement.

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E1NNw TIL that Clint Eastwood hated the cigars that his character smoked in the “Dollars Trilogy”. Because he would have to do multiple takes, he smoked them quite a bit. According to Eli Wallach, Eastwood would sometimes tell the director: “You’d better get it this time, because I’m going to throw up.”
EwwX TIL in Texas, prison inmates have to pay $100 a year out of their personal account to see a doctor for a sickness that is not an emergency or a chronic illness. If they don’t have the money, half of all future funds deposited into their account are put towards the debt.
neYmd TIL Chicago classic rock station 97.9 The Loop played AC/DC's 'Highway to Hell' as their final song before being taken over by a Christian broadcasting company.
AD04g TIL that when Plato gave the definition of man as “featherless bipeds,” Diogenes plucked a chicken and brought it into Plato’s Academy, saying, “Behold! I’ve brought you a man,” and so the Academy added “with broad flat nails” to the definition.
E5X7 TIL Daylight Savings Time causes a 24% increase in heart attacks every day that the clocks move forward, and a 21% decrease in heart attacks every time the clocks move back.