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TIL in 1907 Lawrence Luellen, a Boston lawyer, was concerned about the spread of germs due to people sharing glasses and dippers in public drinking spaces. He invented the first paper cup, dubbed the Klean Cup. 5 years later he renamed it after a popular line of toys: Dixie Dolls. Thus, Dixie Cups.

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PYolV TIL homosapiens were the casanovas of the primitive world due to the lack of spikes on their penis. Because of this they mated with Neanderthals, chimps, and many other extinct species.
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NL0Q TIL: that in WW1 the occupied french town of Le Quesnoy, a walled town with a wall dating back to the medieval period was taken by New Zealand Troops without the wall being blown up. Instead a few men with a ladder climbed the wall and opened the gates from the inside preserving the wall.
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