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TIL that Spanish explorers originally called pecans "wrinkle nuts."

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MePbK TIL that the higher pitched voice we use when talking to dogs and pets is called "dog-directed speech" and may actually serve a purpose.
xVk8B TIL Coca Cola allegedly used Colombian death squads to terrorise workers and prevent the organisation of unions
69rVw TIL about ​Marthe Richard, who was a Prostitute, a Spy and later a Politician responsible for closing and outlawing French Brothels in 1946.
4ky8g TIL Saudi Arabia in the 1960's would physically cut out articles of foreign newspapers that criticized the country and sold then as is, often with holes and missing sections entirely
jNa4R TIL a horse stands on the tip of one toe. The remaining “fingers” have long since faded away with the evolution of the horse, but the split bones along the cannon bone are vestigial remnants of the second and fourth fingers