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TIL the band Coven threatened to sue KISS' Gene Simmons when he attempted to trademark the "devil horns" gesture in 2017

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wLwaM TIL that hippo sweat has a reddish-orange coloration that acts as a natural sunblock. The sticky substance also helps regulate the hippo’s body temperature and discourages bacterial infection.
OG8nR TIL Gen Z have an attention span of 1.3 seconds
7Q47 TIL that the word “quockerwodger” can mean either “a wooden toy figure which jerks its limbs about when pulled by a string”, or a politician whose strings are pulled by someone else.
JR58 TIL Henry Paget, Cavalry commander at the Battle of Waterloo had his leg blown off by a cannon ball. When it happened he shouted to the Duke of Wellington “By God, sir, I’ve lost my leg!” — to which Wellington replied, “By God, sir, so you have!”
0dG5j TIL 35% or 1/3 of the victim of domestic homicides is a male. 31% of women spouses accused of homicide are acquitted whereas only 6% of men spouses are acquitted