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TIL Jerry Seinfeld asked Joan Rivers to be the first guest on Season 5 of “Comedians in Cars”. She postponed due to a scheduled medical procedure but eventually died due to complications during said procedure.

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j6eAp TIL in 1760s, Lazzaro Spallanzani demonstrated the first contraception and artificial insemination by fitting male frogs with tight-fitting taffeta pants. Fertilization occurred only when they retrieved semen that had been discharged into the pants and painted it onto the eggs.
RmRQ TIL that a pilot survived after spending 15 minutes outside the plane when he was sucked out of the cockpit due to the windshield falling off with only two stewards holding onto his legs. The co-pilot managed to safely land the plane.
VRd8 TIL that the term “hipster” originated in the 1940s, and was used to describe jazz afficionados, characterized by their “dress, slang, use of cannabis and other drugs, relaxed attitude, sarcastic humor, self-imposed poverty and relaxed sexual codes.”
QJVaM TIL King Tutankhamen was born nearly 1,000 years after the Great Pyramids were built.