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TIL Pajamas Took Off Because Everybody Wanted To Look Their Best During Zeppelin Bombing Raids

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Z89Ev TIL in 2 million years, humanity is predicted to have evolved into multiple different species due to expected isolated populations across space population and the rules of evolutionary radiation
W6BL TIL that in 2001, a panel of wine experts gave one of the lowest possible scores to an average-priced Bordeaux that was served in a cheap bottle. When it was served in an expensive bottle, it received one of the highest possible scores.
VM9y0 TIL in the Catholic church, if a child is in peril of dying during delivery, the midwife may perform an emergency baptism. If the midwife is in doubt if the child still lives, she baptises the child saying: "In case you are able to receive the baptism, I baptise thee in the name of the Father etc"
lPy7 TIL Higher intelligence has been linked to unconventional sexual practices aswell as frequent sexual fantasies and thoughts.
rNGp1 TIL: Operation Plumbbob team - a manhole cover above a nuke underground shot into space, becoming one of the fastest manmade objects in the world at 149,129 mph!