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TIL about the Gibson Girl who was an early 20th century creation of the ideal woman

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woVP6 TIL Shari Lewis of Kukla, Fran, and Ollie and Lambchop fame co-wrote an episode of Star Trek.
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5YJPP TIL Orcas exploit a 'security bug' in great white sharks to immobilize and kill them. When a shark is held upside down this induces tonic immobility (TI), a sort of temporary paralysis; the orca are known to attack them in a way that induces TI and will keep them there till they suffocate.
XEWLj TIL that the inventor of the X-Ray never patented his accidental discovery due to the obvious benefits to medical applications.
YXn7 TIL that Luxembourg’s education system is trilingual: the first years of primary school are in Luxembourgish, before changing to German, while in secondary school, the language of instruction changes to French.