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TIL that 25% of all known animal species are beetles

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4OrR TIL that the “Hokey Pokey” was originally called “Hokey Cokey” and possibly inspired by Canadian miners taking cocaine to cheer themselves up
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.
wLWdY TIL of guevedoces--genetic males in a small community in the Dominican Republic that are born with a vagina instead of a penis. At puberty, the vagina fuses into a fully-functioning penis and scrotum.
awN5A TIL: Your ring to digit finger ratio has been studied as correlated with your testosterone / estrogen exposure at birth and various other skills, personality traits, cognitive abilities, academic performance, and behavior.
MeEA8 TIL, that the murder of Rebecca Schaeffer. A 21 year old actress who was shot at her front door by an obsessed fan and later died enacted the Nation’s first anti-stalking Law’s in 1990. In 1994, the ‘Driver’s Privacy Protection Act’ made it illegal to release people’s private addresses.