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TIL There is a colour called “Zomp”
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TIL: Ancient Romans would dye their hair black, because blonde hair was associated with prostitutes or French and German slaves. This trend began declining when Augustus Caesar, who was blonde, became Rome’s first emperor.
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TIL the normal human heart beats about 100,000 times per day and sends over 2,000 gallons of blood throughout the body daily.
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TIL the amount of heroin required for an overdose is only 5 times higher than the amount needed to get high
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TIL A man, after surviving 33 days lost at sea, finally came ashore by chance on the Marshall Islands only to discover that his uncle, believed lost at sea 50 years ago, had washed ashore on the same island and started a family there.
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TIL the word Scientist was coined as a portmanteau of Science and Artist in the 1830s.