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TIL that as the Earth gets warmer, Lizards are getting smarter

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R7LX1 TIL that the first case of child abuse case in the US was prosecuted in New York under an animal abuse law, because child abuse laws didn't exist.
GY90J TIL the "Bueller? Bueller?" scene in Ferris Bueller's Day Off was ad-libbed. Actor Ben Stein, also an economics writer and former Nixon advisor, rattled off the lecture about tariffs and supply-side economics off the top of his head.
EgKMw TIL that persistent, long term cannabis use can lead to CHS, one of the symptoms of which is "scromiting."
drNB TIL that German ww2 pilots in North Africa would fix bottles of Coca Cola to the underside of their wings so the drink would cool at high altitude, then be ready to drink after landing.
6b7X TIL The Mad Magazine cover after 9/11 originally featured runners in the New York marathon with Alfred E Neuman jumping over a covered dead body. The magazine’s printer called and asked the editors if they were sure this was the cover they wanted, and the cover was changed to Alfred’s face