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TIL the first recorded gay couple in history were two Ancient Egyptian manicurists serving at the Pharaoh’s royal court in 2400 BC.

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GAZZG TIL Puffins Spend Almost All Their Time at Sea in the Winter
NWj1 TIL of a device called the Salmon Cannon that uses a pressure differential to suck up a fish, send it through a tube at up to 22 mph, and then shoot it out the other side. This allows the fish to bypass dams and get upstream to spawn.
4jON TIL that the Powerpuff Girls were originally called the “Whoopass Girls” by their creator who did the pilot as a college project. The “secret ingredient” in their creation was accidentally spilling a can of Whoopass into the pot.
KOMka TIL Heinz ketchup can't legally be called 'ketchup' in Israel because it doesn't contain enough tomato paste.
PjG TIL that mammals have a reflex to reduce the intensity of loud noises. It’s possible to exploit this by simply humming or speaking. Loud noises don’t just sound less intense, less sound is actually transmitted to the inner ear and then to the brain.