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TIL There are 33 million more men than Women in China

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W7gNA TIL the 1991 movie Hook was originally meant to be a musical
6EO4Z TIL that in the mid-18th century, Americans were so used to yellow milk, tinted with lead chromate to disguise the bluishness of watered-down dairy, that people refused to purchase white milk, thinking it had been coloured
W74j8 TIL that out of the 13 official Disney Princesses, only Tiana from The Princess and the Frog was born in the United States. She was born around 1910 in New Orleans. While Pocahontas was born around 1596 in what is now Virginia, the United States didn’t exist at the time.
gMg7b TIL scientists accidentally dumped sperm from a paddlefish on sturgeon eggs, creating a hybrid “sturddlefish”. Crossing of the two fish was considered impossible as their closest common ancestor dates back more than 180 million years and the two species have no chance of meeting in the wild.
M7G9a TIL that almost any violation of the Texas Transportation Code is an arrestable offense, even if the violation carries no punishment other than a fine. The only three exceptions are a) speeding, b) having an open container of alcohol in your car, and c) texting while driving.