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TIL the idea that house dust is mostly composed of dead skin is a complete myth

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x6LXg TIL that Ugandan dictator Idi Amin's full title was "His Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin Dada, VC, DSO, MC, CBE, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Seas and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular"
7r6Kb TIL of the Seven Sutherland Sisters, who had a combined length of 37 ft of hair and traveled the world as a curiosity and to promote their hair growth products. They grew up in poverty, made millions, lived an extravagant and squandering lifestyle, and the last of them died destitute.
W7GN8 TIL Tiny the Wonder was a dog that was famous in mid-1800s London for killing 200 rats in an hour
nWBvP TIL: Horses are in fact native to, and originate from North America.
9w7yr TIL that the most viscous liquid on earth is Pitch (or bitumen) and it took 69 years for one drop to fall