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TIL that Kim Walker, who played Heather Chandler in the 1989 film Heathers in which she famously asked “Did you have a brain tumor for breakfast?” died of a brain tumor in 2001.

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9wlvB TIL whale milk is the consistency of toothpaste and they have inverted nipples inside mammary slits. When the calf nudges the slits, the mother pokes out her nipple and squirts the milk into baby’s mouth.
PYGAO TIL That the earliest recorded English song is “Mary had a little lamb” recorded by Edison in 1877
nmnr TIL Pocahontas’ marriage to John Rolfe was considered the first interracial marriage in American history.
nen6d TIL Matches were originally made with white phosphorus. This caused workers in match factories to get a condition known as phossy jaw which destroys the bones in the jaw. Due to large amounts of deaths and suicides from white phosphorus matches, they started using red phosphorus instead.
xrDb TIL that in 1953, Coca Cola attempted to persuade the US Treasury to mint a 7.5 cent coin; a can of Coke had been a nickel since 1886 and needed to be raised due to inflation, but they felt a dime was too much.