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TIL the earliest know pair of socks are from Egypt and were worn with sandals.

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wL8VP TIL Hawaii's public education system began in 1841 and is the oldest in the U.S. west of the Mississippi. When the kingdom was overthrown it became illegal to teach the Hawaiian language, teachers were punished for speaking Hawaiian at school. It wasn't until 1978 that the state made it mandatory.
ne0MP TIL McDonalds did away with their spoon-shaped coffee stirrers because people were using them as cocaine spoons
xraD TIL a soldier in Iraq was found dead in her tent in 2005. The autopsy report and photographs revealed a broken nose, black eye, loose teeth, burns from a corrosive chemical on her genitals, and a gunshot wound to the head. Her death was ruled a suicide.
bRD9 TIL in 2007, a prostitute was held at gunpoint and raped by a prospective client and his buddy after the two refused to pay prior to a prearranged transaction. The Judge in the case ruled the crime as only “theft of services”.
6MY8 TIL lego bricks can be used 37112 times before they lose their clutch power and won’t stick to other pieces anymore