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TIL that babies and toddlers can not only taste with their tongues, but also their lips, cheeks and hard palate.

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M7XnV TIL that there has been an alternative to the standard http internet, called Project Xanadu, in continuous development for the past 62 years, and was called "the longest running vaporware" even back in 1995.
VBR78 TIL a professional soccer player for the Gabon national team, Guelor Kanga, was called to a disciplinary committee to explain how he was born in 1990, yet his mother had passed away in 1986.
wNDW TIL that 70% of wealthy families lose their wealth by the second generation and 90% lose their wealth by the third generation.
1aANW TIL JFK's Dad, Joseph Kennedy made millions through insider trading. Years later he became the first chairman of the SEC and promptly made insider trading illegal
8ebP8 TIL De Efteling amusement park encourages visitors to keep the park clean by offering Big Mouth trash bins that beg for paper trash, suck it out of your hand & say thank you