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TIL Romans used urine to clean their clothes.

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697W7 TIL that after Zaire, now known as DR Congo, lost all their matches at the 1974 FIFA World Cup, the players were forbidden to leave their home country, so that they couldn't play for European clubs with the offers that came in after the World Cup
x6QK0 TIL that scientists use particle accelerators brighter than the sun to understand how plant roots can grow through hard ground, helping to engineer drought-resistant crops
1aayO TIL that there is a bigger volcanic process than super volcanoes called Large Igneous Provinces that appear to have occurred simultaneously with extinction events.
dDJXj TIL that Disney in collaboration with General Mills released a mini comic book in which Mickey Mouse and Goofy was using and promoting psychoactive drug
KYG9 TIL there is a “Jonestown Death Tape.” An audio recording of Jim Jones/his followers leading up to and during the mass suicide in Guyana. It is chilling and disturbing, perhaps NSFL for some.