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TIL: there is another version of bowling called Candlepin

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JYjY4 TIL when the Bulgarian monarch died at 49 during WW2, his 6-year-old son Simeon became the leader. Shortly after, 97% of Bulgaria voted to end the monarchy in favor of a democracy. In 2005, 64-year-old Simeon ran for Prime Minister of Bulgaria and won, making him the country's leader again.
vP5aR TIL of shade balls, which are placed on water reservoirs to prevent sunlight and evaporation, among other things
X07eR TIL The duck-billed platypus has enough venom during mating season to kill a dog or make a human seriously ill. The venom is immune to all kinds of painkillers including morphine and lasts for months
yV8ZV TIL Up to the First World War bear's grease was sold as a baldness cure and beauty product. The demand outstripped the supply so unscrupulous dealers would actually sell other animal fats, with some going as far as dressing a dead pig as a bear.
vPavL TIL that MLB Hall of Famer Gary Carter invented the “f-bomb” term in a 1988 Newsday story. That term would later be published in the Webster dictionary in 2012 crediting Carter for its first recorded use.