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TIL 1890s experts predicted cities would drown in manure - by 1912, cars solved the problem.

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b9xn9 TIL that young girls in Cameroon would forcefully flatten their breasts, so they wouldn't be sexually harassed or sold off to marriage by their fathers, as men in Cameroon associate breast growth with sexual maturity and consent.
Oo4Y7 TIL two of the three members of rock band ZZ Top have long beards. The third, Frank Beard prefers to be clean shaven.
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