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TIL Before toilet paper, Ancient Romans used a sponge on the end of a long stick that was shared by everyone in the community. When not in use, the stick stayed in a bucket of heavily salted seawater in the communal bathroom.

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M7JpA TIL That the Motion Picture Production Code not only censored things like profanity and sexuality, it also prevented a number of anti-Nazi movies from being made in the 1930’s due to it’s prohibition of “another country’s institutions and prominent people” being depicted “in an unfavorable light”.
e0dV6 TIL, that Coke was the first soft drink to be consumed in Space when astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger tested the “Coca-Cola Space Can” on July 12, 1985. The Coca-Cola Company also installed the 'Space Dispenser' on the Space Shuttle Discovery, which was first Space soft drink equipment
WklOo TIL that in 2009, a 14 year old boy in Essen, Germany was heading to school when he saw a "ball of light" in the sky heading towards him. A small rock then hit his hand, bouncing off and causing a foot wide crater in the ground. He is one of the few recorded humans to be struck by a meteorite
Lk6pZ TIL in 1993, Canada’s peacekeeping force in Somalia, the Airborne Regiment, brutally tortured and murdered a teenager. Once they returned, they were prosecuted, the regiment disbanded, and Canada’s military spending was reduced by 25%.
8eKdZ TIL nectar robbing occurs when a pollinator (bee, bird, etc) pokes/bites a hole in the base of a flower, bypassing the reproductive organs and inhibiting pollination