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wL417 TIL Cincinnati was known as Porkopolis due to its being a center of the pork industry in the 19th century.
nWVXB TIL people used to carve turnips for Halloween, not pumpkins
P1nJg TIL about the Messian Salinity Crisis, where the closing of the straight of Gibraltar 5 million years ago led to the Mediterranean Sea drying up and global sea levels rising by up to 10 meters
EX0d TIL Narcissistic personality disorder is a personality disorder in which there is a long-term pattern of abnormal behavior characterized by exaggerated feelings of self-importance, an excessive need for admiration, and a lack of understanding of others’ feelings.
OdA6 TIL that royal women used to give birth in front of an audience to prove that the child was indeed the fruit of the royal woman’s womb.