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TIL Almost 90% of the founding members of the NAACP were white

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vYXB TIL Some dinosaurs had a possible lifespan of 300 years due to their slow metabolisms
WkrQX TIL that during the Victorian era, a newly developed feeding bottle for infants was introduced. Infant moṛtality rates due to these bottles were shocking– only 2 out of 10 infants lived to their 2nd birthday, but parents continued to buy and use them and they earned the name as murdeṛ bottles.
KYGww TIL before whistles were introduced, hockey referees used a cowbell. They had to switch to whistles when fans started bringing their own cowbells to disrupt game play.
vN18 TIL that bees control the thickness and clarity of their honey by fanning their wings at ventilation points within the hive at varying rates to control evaporation of water.
M7Qp8 TIL that although lambskin condoms protect against pregnancy, they are not effective at preventing the transmission of STDs.