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TIL the Nancy Drew books were extensively revised in 1959 to eliminate racist stereotypes

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lxw1 Today I learned that craniopagus conjoined twins Krista and Tatiana can see through each other’s eyes.
P1NML TIL Samuel Chalfant, a dentist who made dentures without patent approval, murdered Josiah Bacon, the royalty collector for Goodyear Vulcanite Company's patent on rubber dentures. After the murder, the company stopped enforcing the patent, and dentists were able to provide dentures without royalties.
kJLpW TIL some types of fig require a special breed of wasp to pollinate the females fruits. The female wasp crawls inside through a hole so narrow that she loses her wings in the process and becomes trapped. The fig produces an enzyme that digests this wasp completely, so the crunchy bits are just seeds
pg8Z TIL that Trader Joe’s, a tiki-nautical themed chain of grocery stores, is owned by Aldi.
ADv4x TIL Wood frogs in Alaska can hold their pee for up to 8 months, during the region's long winters. They relieve themselves once temperatures increase. The urine actually helps keep them alive while they hibernates, with special microbes in their gut turning the urea (urine's main waste) into nitrogen