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TIL, all humans are born as arseholes. Being deuterostomes, the anus develops before the mouth.

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QNknd TIL that after a flood killed thousands and devastated the economy, California legislators and State employees worked unpaid for a year and a half.
4QLg TIL that in WW2 during calls to see if a safe house was convenient to visit the person answering would reply “no, I’m too busy.” If the safe house had been captured and taken over they would reply “yes, come on over.”
E10eP TIL before the American Civil War, baseball was played with either the New York Rules (today’s game) or Massachusetts Rules. Mass Rules there were no fouls, defenders had to throw and hit runners with the ball to get them out, runners could use the whole field to dodge the ball, and game was to 100!
d8jAQ TIL Cuba's former president survived more than 600 assassination attempts.
D1p9V TIL telephone companies created the phenomenon of 555 telephone numbers in movies and TV shows, and 555-0100 through 555-0199 are still held back from the the public for "fictional use"