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TIL ancient Egyptian women put crocodile poop in their vaginas.

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vvwK TIL A total of 35 brothels have been found in the ruins of Pompeii. Coincidentally, they have also found 35 bakeries.
JY4jk TIL of a shipwreck in the River Thames of London that is full of explosives that if detonated could cause a tsunami
ep0r5 TIL about the Shepard Tone. An audio illusion that creates the feeling of consistent, never-ending rising/falling. The illusion is achieved by playing overlapping notes that are one octave apart. In this way, the sensation of rising or descending notes never ends.
0alR TIL In 1854, during the Crimean war, the British hospital in Constantinople was extremely unhygienic. Patients lay in their own excrement, and rodents and bugs scurried past them. More soldiers died of disease than injury. Florence Nightingale fixed this by getting patients to clean the hospital.
nVb TIL John Candy was going to star in Pocahontas, as the voice of a turkey named Redfeather. But after his death, his character and dialogue were deleted.