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eygn TIL it wasn’t uncommon for married couples to sleep in separate beds until the industrial revolution, when people moved to crowded cities and living space was needed.
R7OP4 TIL about Alexander Winton, who built and sold the first American-made gasoline car on March 24, 1898. The public was skeptical. "To advocate replacing the horse, which had served man through centuries, marked one as an imbecile."
PYdEw TIL a Florida animal shelter removed breed cards and instead sorted dogs into a "Pawgwarts House" by watching each dog play with a "sorting toy": brave Gryffindor pups are athletic, Slytherins are cunning pack leaders, Ravenclaws are problem-solvers, and Hufflepuffs are loyal and friendly.
yQkoM TIL the Dutch have been artificially expanding/reclaiming their land since the 1300's
awrLy TIL that when coffee first appeared in the Ottoman Empire, it was considered a drug and its consumption was forbidden