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TIL that Hawaiians who were sent to the leper colony at Kalaupapa were also declared legally dead

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D1gJj TIL that the oldest recorded piece of music is the ‘Hurrian Hymn no.6’ and is 3400 years old.
QJEOM TIL that in 1168AD, Fustat, the then-capital of Egypt was ordered to be burnt to the ground by its own vizier to stop it falling into the hands of the crusaders
MeYbV TIL the reason why Amish grow beards but shave their mustaches is to represent their pacifism. The Amish associate mustaches with the military and thus they shave their mustaches to show they would never serve in warfare. The Amish who did serve did so in the Civilian Service Corps.
D14pj TIL Cigarette smokers have lower IQs than non-smokers, and the more a person smokes, the lower their IQ, a study in over 20,000 Israeli military recruits suggests
8e64a TIL in 1938, Helen Hulick, a kindergarten teacher testifying against two men accused of burglarizing her house, was held in contempt of court and sent to jail for repeatedly wearing slacks to court after being ordered by the judge to wear a dress.