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TIL the T-shirt was invented in 1904 and marketed to bachelors who couldn’t sew or replace buttons

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E1jXx TIL there is a constant, and wildly chaotic, vortex at the south pole of Venus. At the cloud tops, the wind speed can reach 400km/hour.
BrLLe TIL remnants of the Templar Order that survived the inquisition continued on in Portugal, reforming into a new order and eventually becoming the nobility of Brazil during the colonial era.
ej8g TIL that there is an airtight room in a University in Georgia (US), sealed in 1940, to be opened in the year 8113. The “Crypt of Civilization” contains a wealth of artifacts from literary works to everyday items.
D1o6P TIL the most severe profanities in Italian are related to blasphemy. A very common one is "Porco Dio" (Pig God—i.e. God is a Pig). In one region people say "pota de Cristo" (Christ's cunt). On the Italian version of Big Brother, use of blasphemous profanity was grounds for immediate expulsion.
N7ye6 TIL The word 'Welsh' comes from the Proto-Germanic 'Walhaz', meaning Roman/Celtic speaker. The countries/regions of Wales (UK), Wallonia (Predominately French speaking region in Belgium), Welschland (French speaking region of Switzerland) and many others all get their name from this.