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TIL A fresh cilantro plant and a Stink Bug smell the same.

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5r4P TIL William Marston the man that created Wonder Woman, also invented the polygraph, hence WonderWoman’s lasso of truth.
PYYdw TIL that the Skylab Mutiny was the first and only organized labor protest to happen in space
PaVw TIL that a 14 year old black boy was brutally murdered for whistling at a white woman in Mississippi in 1955.
yVGo8 TIL Barbie’s physical appearance was modeled on the German Bild Lilli doll, a risqué gag gift for men based upon a cartoon character featured in the West German newspaper Bild Zeitung.
EQoV TIL that in 1997, Mattel released ‘Share-A-Smile Becky’ Barbie doll, who was disabled and came with a wheelchair; however, the doll created controversy when it was pointed out that the Barbie-Dream-House was not wheelchair accessible and could not accommodate Becky’s needs.