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TIL many of London’s streets were paved with wood

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mBBo TIL “scrub” was used as an insult meaning a “mean, insignificant fellow” as far as the 1580s.
P1eWn TIL that astronaut Scott Kelly came back from living in space and was two inches taller than his identical twin brother.
Br7BL TIL the term Gerrymandering was coined when, in 1812, Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry created a partisan district that looked like a salamander
BgXPL TIL that Naked Mole-Rats are “the longest-lived rodent, … almost never get cancer, … don’t feel pain like other mammals, they live in underground colonies and [… ] don’t have a drop in fertility as they age.”
4nKJ TIL Lyndon B. Johnson used to frequently whip out his “Johnson” to establish genital dominance at the start of diplomatic relationships. He also unzipped his pants and presented it to a group of reporters, stating “this is why,” when asked why we were in Vietnam.