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TIL about the Library of Congress's Delta Collection, a secret collection of obscene materials that had restricted access

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awZ1L TIL French courts have the ability to stop parents giving ‘inappropriate’ names to their children: in 2015 they ordered that a girl should be called ‘Ella’ and not ‘Nutella’ as originally intended.
vADx TIL The smell of freshly cut grass is actually the scent that plants release when in distress.
R5mD6 TIL that dBASE, the database software, was created to win football pools. It became so successful that its creator no longer had time to watch football games.
yVG9V TIL actress and singer Audra McDonald has won six Tony Awards, more performance wins than any other actor, and is the only person to win in all four acting categories: Featured and Leading Actress in a Musical & Featured and Leading Actress in a Play.
OGJBg TIL approximately 98% of all mammalian species do not menstruate. These "oestrous" species reabsorb endometrial tissue at the end of the infertile cycle. Making many aspects of menstruation poorly understood and development of treatments for menstrual disorders limited.