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TIL that air conditioning caused various shifts in demography, notably that of the USA starting from the 1970s. Until 1970, the birth rate in the spring was lower than during the other seasons, but the introduction of air conditioning leveled out this difference at the end of the 20th century

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xV5rk TIL that "Lethal White" syndrome is an autosomal genetic disorder that is most common in American Paint Horses where foals are born all white with blue eyes and appear to be normal but internally they have a non functioning colon which results in a very painful death after only a few days.
4XRnN TIL the Catholic Church has accepted Darwinian evolution as compatible with Christianity since 1950.
b6RXj TIL John Hughes wrote the script for film The Breakfast Club (1985) in just two days.
GY915 TIL when you drink too much alcohol and don't remember anything the next day, you didn't forget anything, your Brain was just not "recording" in the first place.
rNede TIL about “English as She is Spoke”, a Portuguese-English translation guide, written by an author that had no grasp of English. He used a Portuguese-French and then a French-English guide for help instead. The resulting book was read by both Mark Twain and Abraham Lincoln to have a good laugh.