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TIL That “The Right of the First Night”, where a feudal lord had the right to be the first to bed the local wives, has no definitive evidence and might be a fabrication.

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1vMd TIL There is a newly discovered cave fish with its anus on it’s head. It’s possible that it poops sperm into it’s mouth to fertilize eggs through it’s gills.
69WmZ TIL about the ‘Yakhchal’ which is an ancient structure used to produce, harvest, and store ice.
LnY0 TIL before the 1800s, people had “first” and “second sleep”. They would sleep 3-4 hours, wake up for 2-3 hours to do some type of activity, then go back to sleep until morning.
K14w TIL that the “Pirate speak” from movies and books was an actual distinct dialect of English which was spoken until the 19th century in the west country. It became associated with pirates due to the strong seafaring tradition from the area.
gZBA TIL The three highest-paid people in the Pentagon are football coaches