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e0ZZ4 TIL One of Whoopi Goldberg’s first jobs was as a mortuary beautician.
epa44 TIL the Bruce effect, or pregnancy block, is the tendency for female rodents to terminate their pregnancies following exposure to the scent of an unfamiliar male. The effect was first noted in 1959 by Hilda M. Bruce and has primarily been studied in laboratory mice.
4kaY5 TIL the Scorpions made a song in Japanese. The vocalist sung the first stanza and then gave up.
B6yD TIL: Of Penny4NASA a campaign being run to get NASA’s budget increased to at least 1% of the US Federal budget
kJ6M5 TIL that "The NorthWest Company," one of the major players in the historical North American fur trade, is still in operation today as a series of retail stores that primarily serve Indigenous customers across Canada, Alaska, the Carribbean, and the Pacific.