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TIL barbery and surgery were once the same profession.

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WBMd TIL that Kimbal Musk, brother of Elon Musk, enrolled in culinary arts class after making $307 million from a startup with his brother and then started a nonprofit organisation focusing on environmentalism and healthy eating.
Jkn1 TIL: Women were not allowed to wear trousers on the US Senate floor until 1993 when two senators defied the ban. Later that year the rule was amended to allow women to wear trousers.
bb9Q TIL Imported wines are often giant “boxed wines” when they’re shipped: A huge bag of wine traveling inside a cargo container.
4kNmR TIL that the largest living organism on Earth is not a blue whale or an elephant, but actually a fungus. Covering over 2,200 acres in Oregon, the Armillaria ostoyae fungus, also known as the Humongous Fungus, is estimated to be between 2,400 and 8,650 years old and weighs over 6,000 tons.
lo8xr TIL Hawaii has nearly one tourist die each week while engaged in common vacation activities like swimming, snorkeling, hiking and going on scenic drives