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TIL the original wording of the phrase "Blood is thicker than water" was exactly that. The popular "Blood of the covenant" variant is a modern invention whose origin can be traced to two authors.

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kJBbW TIL that, although most people associate the character of Igor (or Ygor) as Dr. Frankenstein's hunchbacked lab assistant, the character did not appear in the original 1931 film. The hunchbacked assistant was named Fritz. In the original novel, Dr. Frankenstein doesn't even have an assistant.
5BMn TIL the US military once considered building a “gay bomb,” with an aphrodisiac chemical that would provoke widespread homosexual behavior among troops, causing what the military called a “distasteful but completely non-lethal” blow to morale.
wXgW TIL that ants have two stomachs: a personal stomach and a group stomach, or crop. When an ant with a full crop meets a hungry nestmate, it will throw up a drop of food and pass it to the other ant, mouth to mouth. The polite word for this is trophallaxis.
XEXXr TIL: George Clooney's most faithful companion for almost 20 years was a 300lb Vietnamese pot-bellied pig named Max. Clooney first bought Max for Kelly Preston, but when she went on to marry John Travolta, she left the pig behind. Clooney often jokes that Max is the longest relationship he's ever had
9Gvm TIL that the Isley Brothers were the only group to have a top 50 Billboard hit in the ‘50’s, 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, 90’s and the 2000s.