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TIL cupped pepperoni slices have a predetermined direction to form their cups, but the direction of heat from your oven overrides their natural tendencies

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Yj0x TIL beards and long dresses fell out of fashion during the 1900s due to public health campaigns about spreading tuberculosis and other infectious diseases. Prior to germ theory and vaccines, people thought beards and fabric protected against miasma and “bad air”.
eEeJ TIL girls can get so stressed it actually stops our ovulation and we skip a period.
R5Pb6 TIL after Betty White (88), the second oldest SNL host was Miskel Spillman who hosted at 80 years old. She was the winner of SNL’s “Anyone Can Host” contest and remains the only non-celebrity to ever host the show
pk8 TIL that Apollo 11 carried pieces of the Wright Brothers’ plane to the moon in 1969 - just 66 years after the world’s first powered flight.
1aAEr TIL An elephant's memory is so good that it not only recognizes all the members of its own clan, but even other creatures who leave a strong impression on them. A pair of elephants who had performed in a circus together were able to recognize each other when they met again after 20 years.