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TIL dogs are cleaner than beards

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aG79 TIL that the majority of the Las Vegas Strip is not in Las Vegas but just outside city limits in Paradise, NV
Bg1EK TIL the Enchanted Chapel in Seattle, WA, USA has had four family generations of officiants who've married 10,000+ couples since 1964. They've also married couples on mountaintops, roller coasters, airplanes, bathtubs, and in a hot-air balloon.
P1YWZ TIL about Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, an Dutch Button salesman who in 17th Century managed to build an eyeglass 10 times more powerful than the best Microscope of the day and discovered millions of bacteria present in single drop of water He is sometimes knows as father of Microbiology
e0bd6 TIL: Nuclear bombers sometimes were painted with "ANTI-FLASH WHITE" (also called blast white or atomic white) to deflect some thermal radiation from their bombs' nuclear explosions. (Shiny silvery surfaces can have similar effect.)
6Exol TIL that during the Middle Ages, reliance on naturalistic remedies and a lack of training caused midwives to have many unsuccessful deliveries, resulting in accusations of witchcraft - and when midwives used medicinal knowledge unknown to the general public, they were also accused of witchcraft