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TIL about ‘Harris' List of Covent Garden Ladies’ - a book published between 1757-1795 detailing the appearance and sexual specialities of up to 190 prostitutes who worked in Covent Garden. It compliments their sexual abilities, and critiques bad habits. Harris earned the name the ‘Pimp General’

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gMNO4 TIL about a slave named Pertinax who became the emperor of Rome. His dad had a wool business that got their family out of slavery and Pertinax went on to become a commander in the Roman military. He was a very good leader and became the successor to Commodus after his untimely assassination.
m11rp TIL the ISS is only weightless because it's in orbit (therefore constantly falling) not because of its distance from the earth. An airplane at the same altitude, under its own power would have 89% as much gravity as the earth's surface.
pY9kQ TIL that farmers in India will sometimes paint their dogs to look like tigers in an attempt to keep the monkeys away.
b6pb7 TIL The United States built 2,710 Liberty ships between 1941 and 1945, averaging 1.5 ships a day. Liberty Ships were quick simple cheap cargo ships needed for the mass transport of supplies. The ships were lightly armed but the SS Stephen Hopkins manged to fight a cargo raider to mutual destruction.
9wABD TIL Botox has been proven to be an effective treatment for depression.