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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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xNlw TIL Originally all humans were lactose intolerant, and those who aren’t lactose intolerant are the ones with a mutation.
xWN5 TIL genius mathematician, philosopher and logician Kurt Gödel eventually starved to death, after his wife was hospitalised and he did not trust eating food prepared by anyone else
QjQ9 TIL that when surrendering during the American Civil war Robert E Lee dressed in an immaculate custom made uniform while Ulysses S Grant was dressed in a mud splattered general issue uniform.
wo8nW TIL of Gabe Sonnier, a man who started off as a janitor in a Louisiana elementary school until one day in 1985, when he was inspired by the then-principal to take up teaching. Gabe was 39 years old when he started studying for a teaching degree. He’s now the principal of that elementary school.
N7mNJ TIL learned is not a typo, it is the american spelling for learnt