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TIL that chameleon bones glow in the dark, under ultra-violet light, even through skin

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b6Bd7 TIL it is against federal law to deceptively fill a container with less than its capacity
w91o TIL that up until the early 1900’s, it was completely normal for children of both sexes in America to wear dresses until the age of 6 or 7. Gendered clothing didn’t arrive until just before WWI, when pink was recommended for boys and the more ‘delicate and dainty blue’ was recommended for girls.
d9dZ TIL that the Mongols pulled their bowstrings back with their thumb. To prevent damage to their thumbs they created thumb rings.
dKK7 TIL Male Bed Bugs inject their sperm into the female (& male) by puncturing the body wall as the female has no natural opening for reception of his sperm.
d8xnK TIL that a 1969 treasure hunt movie (originally called "Caine") changed its name to "Shark!" after a stuntman was tragically killed by a shark during production and the advertising used the stuntman's death as a means to help promote the film.