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Today I Learned that The Simpsons get more viewers on average per episode than Family Guy and American Dad combined.

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eQE6 TIL the latin word “vagina” means “sheath”… i.e. the cover for a sword
b6nQj TIL that James Barrie lost his 13-year-old brother in an accident as a kid. To comfort his mother, he started speaking and acting like his brother, and his mother always treated him as if he was his dead brother. Thus, Barrie later wrote a novel about a kid stuck in eternal childhood: "Peter Pan".
OGave TIL about the Fire Lily, a South-African flower that only blooms after wildfire.
jE1n TIL Traces of cannabis have been found on Shakespeare’s pipe
M7DE7 TIL about Virgin Boy Eggs, a traditional dish from Dongyang China, where eggs are boiled in the urine of boys 10 years or younger