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TIL of Dawn Wells, the first woman to wear short shorts on television as she played Mary Ann on Gilligan’s Island

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Egjp TIL: There is a replica of the White House in Atlanta which was built as a Private Home
ma9M TIL of an experiment in a hospital where the sign at a hand-washing station was changed from “Hand hygiene prevents you from catching diseases” to “Hand hygiene prevents patients from catching diseases” resulting in a 45% increase in the use of soap or hand sanitizer.
kOdZm TIL as a child, Joaquin Bottom travelled South America with his family after they joined religous cult Children of God. After learning the truth of the group, the family moved back the States and changed their last name to Phoenix.
wLkEY TIL the "Dog Days of Summer" doesn't have to do with dogs laying around during the hottest days of the year, but the location of Sirius in the night sky
xkoD TIL when a woman is attracted to a man, she speaks in a higher pitch than normal.