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TIL Key and Peele are in Weird Al’s White and Nerdy

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OomX TIL that some anthropologists believe high heels are sexy because it simulates the arched back posture animals naturally show when mating.
ADYxo TIL McDonald’s lost millions in a 1984 Olympics promotional giveaway when Soviet nations boycotted the Olympics and the US dominated the events.
LlXZ TIL that J.R.R. Tolkien (author of LoTR) was a member of The Tea Club Barrovian Society whose nine members met regularly at the Barrow Stores in Birmingham, England, UK. Of the Nine, only two survived WW1. J.R.R. Tolkien was deeply traumatized by the loss of almost all his closest friends.
GAr7G TIL in 1860 that a French man by the name of Antoine de Tounens went to the Araucanía region, proclaimed the Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia, and became its first and only king. The country only lasted 2 years as the Chilean authorities occupied the country and arrested him.
DM4p TIL that in November 2001, a body of a now-extinct pregnant baiji dolphin was found. This is probably the last time a baiji, a species that is 19 million years old, ever reproduced.