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TIL fleas jump using actual, microscopic gears in their legs.

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NPLQ TIL One out of every four bridges in America either carries more traffic than originally intended or is in need of repair.
GYp8E TIL until 1948, 7 Up soda contained a mood-staibilizing drug, Lithium Citrate, and it was originally named "Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda"
89eK TIL: The inventors of Hot Wheels and Barbie were married. Ruth and Elliot Handler co-founded Mattel and also had children named Barbara and Kenneth.
XEQwr TIL Napoleon had a healthy obsession with Australia his whole life. Had he won at Waterloo he intended to name part of Australia “Terre Napoléon” (Napoleon Land) and brought back 200+ species of Australian flora and fauna to France, making Josephiné the first person in history to breed black swans.
PDgJ TIL in 2012, Nestlé used a picture of a bear using Kit Kats as drumsticks to announce their Instagram account. They almost immediately had to take it down due to its resemblance to Pedobear.