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

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El8W TIL That JRR Tolkien had such a fascination with finland and its kalevala (an old book of poetry and songs) that he based his elvish language off of finnish principles and grammar, as well as wrote his most famous works after the kalevala’s influence on him.
9Y5nX TIL its Bachelor's Day in Ireland. It is an Irish tradition that takes place on Leap Day. Women can initiate dancing and propose a marriage. If the proposal was rejected, the man was expected to buy the woman a silk dress or, by the mid-20th century, a fur coat.
5VBbP TIL According to the American Dental Association, 25.4% of people suffer from a gap between their front two teeth. Diastema, the most common form, can be due to differences in the size of the teeth or the jawbone
L1Yr TIL: In 1995, St. Jude’s Hospital received an anonymous letter with a $1 million winning McDonald’s Monopoly game piece. Although it was against the rules to transfer prizes, McDonald’s honored it even after learning that the piece was sent by an individual involved in an embezzlement scheme.
axeb TIL residents of the city of Glasgow in Scotland have a disproportionately low life expectancy and no one’s sure why.