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TIL Many Southern and Northwestern communities hold "Rattlesnake Round Ups" and name a "Lil Miss Snake Charmer."

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PYbaZ TIL:New research finds there is no “right thing” to say when you want to be supportive. Trying too hard to say the right thing could actually lead you to make “clumsy statements that do more harm than good”. Your “mere presence and sympathy is likely enough”.
w4g1 TIL in 1907 Lawrence Luellen, a Boston lawyer, was concerned about the spread of germs due to people sharing glasses and dippers in public drinking spaces. He invented the first paper cup, dubbed the Klean Cup. 5 years later he renamed it after a popular line of toys: Dixie Dolls. Thus, Dixie Cups.
RrG7 TIL that after a girl in his community was killed by a red-light runner, a 74 year old Chinese man spent an entire day hurling bricks at bad drivers. With his neighborhood cheering him on, he smashed over 30 red-light runners’ cars before the police asked him to stop.
xVp9B TIL that the floating valve in toilets is called a "ballcock". Further, the man that invented its name is Thomas Crapper.
OWbe TIL Many wineries use barn owls instead of poison for rodent control