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TIL that George Washington was a ginger.
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TIL Parisians used to "hang out" in the morgue situated near the Notre Dame de Paris. The macabre attraction used to lure as many as 40.000 visitors per day. There were even street vendors catering to the crowds waiting outside to take a peek at the corpses.
LQW1d
TIL that since 2009 Walt Disney World in Florida is officially twinned with Swindon in the UK. Disney executives did not actually visit Swindon but instead made their choice after watching a promotional video put together by a town resident containing similarities between Swindon and Disney studios.
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TIL that there are contact lenses worn during sleep that reshape your cornea. When you wake up, your vision is as good as it would be if you were wearing glasses or contacts during the day. They’re also used to treat myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism.
nWe1o
TIL the use of table forks was once considered unmanly and was controversial and the Catholic Church for being an "excessive delicacy".
Brx4K
TIL Lebron James was so hated back in 2012 that even a captured Al-Qaeda member wrote letters expressing his disgust at his decision to go to the Miami Heat. He told his lawyer that “LeBron James is a very bad man and should apologize to the city of Cleveland.”