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TIL Scientists have compared China’s toxic air pollution to a nuclear winter

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4XwQX TIL pomeranians used to be much bigger, weighing about 40 lbs (18 kilos). Then Queen Victoria got a tiny one, which immediately became popular. By the time she died 12 years later, the size of the breed had decreased by half.
oRyVr TIL about May Whitley, a self-defence expert in the 1930s
jxZQ TIL Dwight D. Eisenhower’s grandson is married to Richard Nixon’s daughter
Nn6N TIL many American Indian tribal people recognized four genders: Masculine Men, Feminine Men, Masculine Women, and Feminine Women. The “two-spirit” individuals would mix both “male” and “female” clothing and duties. MM+FM and FW+MW relationships weren’t regarded as homosexual.
e0xRk TIL the term "ass clown" was coined by, and has become a part of our lexicon, courtesy of the movie Office Space