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TIL: Platypus, currently, can only be found outside of Australia at San Diego Zoo.

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x6nv7 TIL of the Bobby Soxers. A term used to describe the subculture of Young women in the 1940’s. They were one of the first groups of young women that advertisers directly marketed too. They wore loose fitting socks and were fans of Frank Sinatra and similar newer popular artist/fads of the day.
WKMN TIL Around the 16th century, there was a chamber in the fortress of Biertan (Romania) where all the couples that wanted to divorce were forced to live with only one item of everything: one bed, one spoon, one chair, etc. before breaking up. Only one couple in 300 years ended up divorcing.
m1K4x TIL when Carrie Fisher told Harrison Ford she was going to publish her journals & reveal they had an affair (Ford was married) while filming Star Wars (1977), Ford raised his finger & said "Lawyer!" Fisher said he could read it beforehand & take anything out. She sent it to him but never heard back.
XyLD TIL that curly hair is curly because the hair follicle it grows from is oval and straight hair is straight because the hair follicle it grows from is round. Straight hair is like a straw (except tinier) and curly hair is like a slightly squeezed tip of a straw.
KYmeJ TIL Western Union was involved in the recovery of bodies after the Titanic sank. The CS Minia, a cable laying ship owned by Western Union was one of 4 ships sent to recover the dead.