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TIL meconium is the name of a newborn’s first poop

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yVGo8 TIL Barbie’s physical appearance was modeled on the German Bild Lilli doll, a risqué gag gift for men based upon a cartoon character featured in the West German newspaper Bild Zeitung.
1V7P TIL that after impeachment failed against Sioux tribal chairman Dick Wilson, more than 50 of his political opponents died violently over the next two years.
7aBZ TIL… Dr. Pepper was not named after the creator but after the friend of the inventor. Also Dr. Pepper predates coke by one whole year!
jDpN TIL that the red panda is so unique, it has no close relatives. It’s the only living species in its genus AND family.
BrZZe TIL Starchy carbs, not a Paleo diet, were responsible for the rapid increase in size of the human brain around 800,000 years ago. Eating meat may have kickstarted this evolution, but cooked starchy foods, together with more salivary amylase genes, made us smarter still.