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TIL “Step on a crack…” originally ended with “and your mother will turn black.”

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eJk4 TIL that Benjamin Franklin enjoyed the company of older women to such an extent, he wrote a letter explaining why it he should make one his mistress. He backed his reasoning by pointing out older women couldn’t have children and that the sex could be just as good.
wL8xP TIL if engulfed in flames in a forest fire, some fire trucks can go into burnover mode when a sprinkler system keeps watering the truck (including each tyre) while the fire fighters hide behind heat shields.
pKve TIL flowers evolved after mammals.
6dMw TIL that in 1908 the Russian team turned up 12 days late to the Olympics because they had yet to start using the Gregorian calendar.
bME0 TIL that the name Poodle comes from the German ‘pudelhund’ meaning “water dog”. Poodles were originally bred as water retrievers and their distinctive ‘pom-pom’ haircuts were designed to keep their joints warm and prevent rheumatism.