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TIL the last non-educational Saturday Morning Cartoon to air on Network TV in the US was Kim Possible on Saturday, September 2, 2006

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m1GZM TIL that ancient Egyptians had a pregnancy test using wheat and barley. Women would urinate on bags of wheat and barley, and if the grains sprouted, it was considered a positive pregn aresult. Studies in the 20th century showed this method was surprisingly accurate due to hormonal changes.
rRwyy TIL - When Icelandic people are born they do not take the same last name of their parents. Instead they take their fathers first name and add "son" (son) if you are a boy, or "dottir" (daughter) if you are a girl, to create their last name.
yRYV TIL that Ken Osmond, Eddie Haskell from Leave It to Beaver, became a police officer for the LAPD and was shot three times while on a foot chase with a car thief. He was placed on disability and later retired after 18 years on the force.
W7YNB TIL the Indian city of Vijayanagara was likely the second largest city in the world at the start of the 1500s, with an estimated 500,000 residents. Following a six-month siege, Vijayanagara was abandoned in 1565 and never rebuilt.
EYxX TIL the FBI estimates that at any given time, there are from 35 to 50 active serial killers in the U.S.