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TIL 70% of adult raccoons carry a parasite that will eat your brains and eyeballs.

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ZV0G TIL Kel Mitchell (of Kenan and Kel) auditioned for Saturday Night Live but lost out to his former co-star Kenan Thompson
BrOZb TIL that in the US at least, automobile safety — air bags, seat belts, etc.—is tested with female- and infant-sized crash test dummies as well as adult male sizes.
kOx4e TIL Hypnic jerks (that jolt you get that wakes you up just before you fall asleep) may well be left over from when we were tree-dwelling monkeys: the jerk reflex prevented us from falling asleep on an unsafe branch.
ZY9D TIL that until 1974, banks could (and usually would) refuse to issue a credit card to a woman unless she was married and her husband co-signed for the card. A divorced woman was considered too much of a risk because she “couldn’t keep a marriage under control.”
4X5e6 TIL That Mexican music was very popular in Yugoslavia during the '60s. With young people dressing up in mariachi outfits.