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TIL only mammals have alveoli.

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X0LDR TIL the Belgian passport has pictures of Tintin, The Smurfs and Lucky Luke.
epQmL TIL a Thai farmer, Chaleo Yoovidhya invented a drink called Krating Dang, which became popular with truck drivers and workers. A German, Dietrich Mateschitz traveled to Thailand, drank it, which cured his jet lag. He then found Red Bull with Yoovidhya, whom owns 51% share of the company to this day.
6A4m TIL that Married…With Children was developed as a reactive contrast to The Cosby Show. Where the Cosbys were shown as the first affluent, loving, black family on tv, the Bundys were the first who were all white, poor and hated each other. The original working title was Not The Cosbys
dMvE TIL Under Indonesian labor law, women “are not obliged to come to work on the first and second day of menstruation”
OKx4 TIL “knock on wood” derived from Pagans touching, tapping or knocking on trees believing they were the homes of fairies and dryads who would wake and bless them with luck.