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TIL - That vibrators are illegal in Alabama.

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YpA4G TIL that preschool shows where characters ask the viewers directly to participate rarely have conflict. An early episode of Dora The Explorer that retold the three little pigs traumatised preschoolers because the viewers felt morally responsible for saving the pigs' lives.
VMdLZ TIL: If you gently press the bottom right corner of your eyeball through the eyelid, you see a little dark spot in the top left of your vision. This is because we see the world upside down, but our brain translate it so it looks right side up to us.
x64Ob TIL: That during World War II, finding men to fill the role of Santa Claus became increasingly difficult. Some stores selected women with deep voices to play the part, one of whom was quite successful until customers started complaining about Santa's visits to the ladies' restroom.
5YOw8 TIL there is a certain temperature and humidity at which a human can't cool down, and will die from the heat of their own metabolism
8e9RP TIL South American river turtles talk in their eggs. Research has found that turtles communicate at extremely low frequency that sounds like “clicks, clucks, and hoots” that can only be heard through ahydrophone (a microphone used underwater). These sounds even come from the egg before they hatch.