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y6EJ TIL that Thomas Jefferson believed Lewis and Clark would encounter Woolly Mammoths, mountains of salt, and a race of Welsh-speaking Indians along their journey west.
ZpwRp TIL about the Basus war, a tribal war that spanned 40 years over the murder of a camel.
m1G1y TIL that it’s common for your nose to run while defecating. It’s a result of your parasympathetic nervous system being activated that causes what is called “defecation rhinorrhea” in the sinuses.
bab4 TIL that in 2006, the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia launched a $1.2 million program to retrain prostitutes as nursing-home caregivers. A supporter explained they had “good people skills, aren’t easily disgusted, and have zero fear of physical contact.”
y8lX TIL Larry Lemieux, a Canadian sailor at the 1988 Olympics, was about to win a silver medal when he abandoned the race to save two other competitors who had capsized. He was given the Pierre de Coubertin Medal for sportsmanship.