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TIL barbery and surgery were once the same profession.

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N78oQ TIL That men and women have buttons on different sides of their shirts because men had to reach for weapons and women had handmaids do their shirts up for them.
4kgmb TIL: After the development of the atomic bomb, "Uranium Fever" caused by high demand for radioactive material led approximately ten thousand people to the Southwest U.S. to mine Uranium.
grLVD TIL that the first McDonald's restaurant in Australia opened in 1971 in Yagoona, New South Wales. It was the 100th McDonald's globally and marked the start of the brand's iconic presence in Australia
YpgOr TIL State Highway 69 was renamed to State Highway 112 due to vandalism of "epidemic proportion".
JY8l4 TIL The Papal election of 1268-71 was the longest in history. It took so long that the cardinals were locked in, their rations were reduced to bread and water, the roof of their hall was removed, and 3 died of old age. The new Pope changed the rules to stop it from repeating, making the Conclave.