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TIL A lot of early North American's used dried out corn cobs to clean themselves up before toilet paper was invented.

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9AV7 TIL of a Boston Marriage. A 19th Century term for two women living together, independent of financial support from a man.
0D1L TIL that in 1994, the Surgeon General of the United States was fired for saying masturbation is “part of human sexuality, and perhaps should be taught.”
b9084 TIL about the Nirvana Fallacy. Under this fallacy, the choice is not between real world solutions; it is, rather, a choice between one realistic achievable possibility and another unrealistic solution that could in some way be "better".
xVwjD TIL That 99.9% of Calico Colored Cats are Female
GYdVj TIL Charles Darwin was the first person known to put wheels on an office chair. He liked being able to roll round his office so he could study different specimens more quickly.