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Today I Learned… That there is a millipede in Madagascar that releases hallucinogens when provoked and some lemurs are addicted to it.

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78RnP TIL that the Semai are a people of Malaysia who consider that making someone unhappy, especially by imposing one's own wishes, is taboo, so they don't have leaders, they don't punish their children or give them orders, and they only play games without points so that nobody loses.
gMkQ9 TIL that when "The Flintstones" added the baby Pebbles in 1963, it was originally going to be a boy, until Ideal Toys pointed out that they would sell a lot more merchandise if they made the baby a girl, as baby boy dolls didn't sell well in that era
5Wkn TIL that Festivus is a real parody holiday invented by a man in the 1960’s and celebrated by his family. His son went on to become a screenwriter for Seinfeld and incorporated it into the script, popularizing the holiday.
MVl0 TIL that there was a 15mi long island that was charted on maps since 1774, only to discover in 2012 that it never existed in the first place.
JYEo1 TIL of the Gouffé Case, a murder case which unfolded in France, 1889. The subsequent investigation lived on as a case study for budding criminologists. Many of the methods utilized by Dr. Lacassagne during his weeklong autopsy, are now standard practices in forensic examinations.