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TIL Humans are deuterostomes, which means the butthole forms before any other openings, and organs during development.

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0wL7L TIL Thomas Marshall - Vice President under Woodrow Wilson - once fell for a false rumor that Wilson had died. He was at Church at the time he received the false news, and - believing he was now President - announced the news to his congregation. He only later found our that Wilson was still alive
Oobg6 TIL that "Antidisestablishmentarianism" was a movement in opposition to attempts to remove the Church of England as the official state religion of the UK
YpEjB TIL Child labor in the United States was largely ended by a photographer named Lewis Wickes Hine. He took child laborers photos at eye level to humanize and personalize each child. He captured nearly identical pictures across the country to show lawmakers this was a systemic problem.
78Dmp TIL that the Candiru (cetopsis) in the Amazon bites and rotates to get inside of his victim and eats you from the inside out in a frenzy by the dozens! Unlike the more famous and smaller bloodsucking Candiru (Vandellia cirrhosa) that is supposed to swim in to your private parts!
XEA6X TIL Laika, the first Soviet Space Dog died within hours due to overheating. This was not made public until 2002; it was widely reported that she died when her oxygen ran out on day six or, as the Soviet government initially claimed, she was euthanised prior to oxygen depletion.