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TIL that splinter free toilet paper was invented in 1930. Which means before that, toilet paper had splinters. Ouch.

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JYAD1 TIL Before it was declared a public domain in 2016, Warner/Chappell has been collecting an estimated $2 million annually from people who use the "Happy Birthday" song, mainly in creative works like movies and television shows.
BrXQD TIL Between ages of 17 and 29, most men lose their child or juvenile hairline, distinguished by its relatively low, straight-across appearance, rounded corners. Only a small percentage of Caucasian men (around 5%) retain their juvenile hairlines for life
d8b1Q TIL of the Flying Fathers, a Canadian ice hockey team made up of priests with a horse as a backup goalie
6O8m TIL: JFK said this: ’… I do ask every publisher, every editor, and every newsman in the nation to reexamine his own standards, and to recognize the nature of our country’s peril.“ (and much more), in a speech given to the, American Newspaper Publishers Association, on April 27, 1961.
p7jp TIL there is a breed of Indonesian fowl (chicken) that buries its eggs. The chicks must dig themselves out after hatching.