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TIL Flossing is basically pointless.

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4XvwX TIL that when the Supreme Court of India opened six of the seven secret vaults of Padmanabhaswamy Temple, they discovered $22 billion in treasure including, golden idols, golden elephants and idols wearing 18 foot diamond necklaces, as well as countless bags of gold coins from around the world.
Ow46 TIL In 18th-century England, it was fashionable for wealthy estate owners to hire people to dress as druids, never wash themselves, grow their hair and nails as long as possible, and live in their gardens as ‘ornamental hermits.’
6kml TIL that forests cover over 50% of Sweden, there are also around 100,000 lakes and over 24,000 islands throughout the country. Sweden’s right to public access laws allows these areas to be fully accessible by the public.
ANaQa TIL clinical obesity is considered so beautiful in sub-Saharan Africa that people use drugs to gain more weight.
yV7ov TIL 37 is the most common number people choose when asked to think of a random number between 1 and 100 (according to the Stanford / MIT Jargon file)