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TIL The world's oldest "Yo mama" joke is 3,500 years old

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pYpjQ Today I learned Hawai'is royal necklace "lei Niho Palaoa" were made using a whale tooth and braided human hair. These lei were responsible for representing Hawaiian Royalty and politics. Lei were made from hair braids that were sometimes 1700 ft in length
4XbQX TIL: Alfred Hitchcock was so afraid of Psycho being spoiled ahead of time that he bought up as many copies of the original novel as possible. He also insisted that cinemas (for the first time) schedule screening times, sell tickets for those screenings, and not let anyone in after the film started.
OGXR6 TIL that China did not issue birth certificates prior to 1996. Before that, births had to be registered in the hukou or household registration system.
1aaWP TIL: In Feb. 2016 CA SB-1463 proposed laws to mitigate wildfire risks posed by overhead power lines. It passed House & Senate unanimously. Gov Brown vetoed it. California had the deadliest wildfires in history, caused by overhead power lines.
9Ye7r TIL Kiwifruits were originally called Chinese gooseberries, as they are native to China. The name was first changed to melonette, which was unpopular because melons were subject to higher tariffs than other fruit. They were renamed kiwifruits in 1959.