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TIL that ancient Romans used urine to clean their clothes because the ammonia in urine acted as a natural detergent

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kpm4 TIL John Cleese was the first person to utter the word ‘fuck’ at a televised British memorial service.
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9YKX6 TIL 165 victims of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima sought refuge in Nagasaki where they were bombed again 3 days later.
awW4M TIL that Archduchess Mathilda of Austria died after accidentally setting light to her very flammable gauze dress, whilst trying to hide a cigarette from her anti-smoking father
VMDvk TIL you are supposed to put the toilet seat down before flushing or you surround the air with all kinds of things like feces and other particles.