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TIL Hugh Hefner’s father, a public accountant, turned him down when he needed money to start Playboy as he did not think the magazine was a good business investment. However, as he was about to leave, his mother took him aside and gave him a $1000 cheque from her savings to help his venture

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PYX9G TIL about the Dale, the first space age automobile
XEdEP TIL: There was a book about a famous train leaving King’s Cross Station on a magical adventure, written in 1937 by Doris Crockford (the same name as a witch Harry Potter meets in the first book)
Kgvw TIL sex refers to the biological differences between males and females, while gender refers to the psychological aspects of femininity and masculinity.
JlE1 TIL that typically a Boeing 747 carries 416 passengers, but when a group of Ethiopian refugees were evacuated in 1991 they managed to fit 1,122 people on board. They originally planned to board 760 people, but got to 1,122 because “ the passengers were so light”.
j6Jdp TIL That the Tuatara, New Zealand’s largest reptile, has the fastest swimming sperm of any reptile but also the longest reproduction time of any reptile at up to 5 years.