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TIL in sign language your name is an individual hand movement designed by yourself

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M77lm TIL that lemons float while limes sink
PXgg TIL That 17 countries will not accept Israeli passports for entry and 8 do not accept any passport with evidence of travel to Israel.
D7Ng TIL that Aztecs took two showers a day and used flowers as soap and cleaned their mouth with them as well. The Spaniards at the time avoided water because it was thought water on your skin made you more susceptible to the plague and they used urine to clean their mouths and teeth.
d8n09 TIL that according to historical accounts, cats liking fish -that isn't part of their main diet and they can't catch themselves- comes from the fact that ancient Egyptians were the first to domesticate cats by offering them fish.
XQpD TIL a 45 year-old Canadian spent 11 years walking around the world. He traveled over 75,000 km and burned through 54 pairs of shoes.