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TIL of the Frog Test, a pregnancy test where a woman’s urine was injected into a frog, and if it started ovulating, the woman was pregnant. It was used in the 1940s-60s and was surprisingly accurate.

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M66B TIL the accent used by Tom Hanks in ‘Forrest Gump’ was actually the real-life accent of the boy that played young Forrest.
BrYle TIL that the Lighthouse of Alexandria, the first lighthouse in the world, was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, constructed during the 3rd century BC and it was built of limestone from a quarry near the coast
wpxY TIL Bill Gates has a trampoline room with a 20-foot ceiling in his house
JYgPk TIL tigers can seek revenge when they have been wronged and are very vengeful
R755a TIL there was once a city within the city of Hong Kong that was largely ungoverned and had a population density of 1,255,000 people per square km.