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TIL that babies are born without kneecaps.

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D7wv TIL In the 1960s, a convent in L.A. agreed to a psychology experiment where the nuns were encouraged to verbalize and respond to their emotions. Within a year more than half the nuns had petitioned to be released from their vows and all that remained was a “small group of radical lesbian nuns.”
VM9v8 TIL there have been only 2 fully intact Colossal Squid specimens that have been caught (in a condition good enough to study) and both Squids were found by the same man - John Bennett.
78olM TIL the "Adoption" episode of "You Can't Do That On Television" (which is the TV show that introduced green slime on Nickelodeon) was so controversial that it was banned in the U.S. The co-creator of the show later stated that the writers were unaware of the sensitive nature of the subject.
MXxA TIL Non-lubricated condoms are distributed among the armed forces not just for safe sex, but as an emergency water canteen. A non-lubricated condom is part of the United States Military Standard Issue Parachute Pack Survival Kit (SRU-16) and can carry a liter of water
OoyP6 TIL: Aretha Franklin was the first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame