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TIL that people have been calling each other ‘douche bags’ since the 60’s

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Z8y0v TIL an endangered parrot in New Zealand was only mating with people's heads, so they made an "ejaculation helmet" for people to wear which would collect the bird's rare semen
EYj0 TIL that in 1989 the Pittsburgh Pirate’s radio announcer said, after the Pirates took a 10-run lead, “If they lose this game, I’ll walk home” from Philadelphia. They did lose, and after the season he did walk from Philly to Pgh for charity.
rRl4o TIL in 2007, a study was done to see if women were more talkative than men. 396 individuals were strapped with voice recorders for several days. Both men and women were found to speak an average of 16,000 words per day.
VQJB TIL, while Samuel Morse was in New York, he received a letter that warned of his wife’s illness. Morse left for home but arrived to find his wife already buried. Heartbroken that for days he was unaware of his wife’s illness and death lead him to research and patent the telegraph 22 years later.
nyJB TIL that Oscar winning film composer Hans Zimmer (Gladiator, The Lion King) was a member of the band ‘The Buggles’ who sang 'Video Killed the Radio Star’