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TIL babies in every country say "mama"

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GYQ07 TIL Humans are all born with 2 innate fears, falling and loud sounds.
e0AJk TIL the last thing on BBC Television before it was switched off on the eve of the Second World War was a Mickey Mouse show which was aired at around 12.35pm on 1st September 1939. Seven years later BBC Television returned with a repeat of the same Mickey Mouse programme.
DEve TIL that when the UK declared war on Japan after being attacked in 1941, Winston Churchill notified the Japanese government with a politely written letter. He said later, “Some people did not like this ceremonial style. But after all when you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite.”
7jjM TIL that after large animals went extinct, such as the mammoth, avocados had no method of seed dispersal, which would have lead to thier extinction without early human farmers.
yPL8 TIL as recently as the 1700’s a man could use a woman’s pregnancy as evidence he did NOT rape her due to the belief one can only get pregnant if they enjoy the sex