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TIL that Sonic the Hedgehog’s full name is Olgilvie Maurice Hedgehog

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4kgv6 TIL The Indian Space agency will be sending up humanoid robots with no legs to help with tasks and help understand the effects of microgravity
rde0 TIL Ingrown toe nails are only found in shoe-wearing cultures and are caused by downward pressure on the nail by the shoe
XE5XR TIL in Ancient Egypt, Pharoah Pepi II despised flies so he would keep naked slaves smeared with honey near him in order to keep flies away.
VMayG TIL that the 1992 film "American Me" enraged Mexican gangsters to the extent that numerous people involved with the film were murdered. Danny Trejo claimed 10. Edward Olmos, the director of the film, was also the victim of an extortion plot.
rMbe TIL in 1927 PEZ dispensers, known as “regulars,” were similar in shape to a cigarette lighter and dispensed an adult breath mint marketed as an alternative to smoking.