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TIL that misheard words that change the meaning of a phrase or lyric are called a Mondegreen

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JYl51 TIL about Annie Cook, a Madame in the 19th Century that turned her Memphis brothel into a hospital to help fight Yellow Fever
Z90B TIL that a lost wallet is more likely to be returned if you have a photo of a baby in it. In a 2009 study, 88% of wallets with a baby photo were returned, followed by wallets with a photo of a puppy (53%), family (48%) and an old couple (28%). Only 15% of control wallets were returned.
xVxB0 TIL that Thomas Edison Jr., unlike his famous father, was a terrible inventor. Eventually, he resorted to selling snake oil like the "Edison Magno-Electric Vitalizer", embarrassing his father so much that he was given an allowance of 900 dollars a week to stop marketing his own "inventions".
vpdL TIL: The American Thyroid Association is adamant that only 5-20lb weight gain can be attributed to hypothroidism and “hypothyroidism doesn’t cause obesity”.
EgngW TIL in 1982 the submarine HMS Conqueror stole a passive sonar array being towed behind a Soviet ship, using mechanical pincers mounted on the sub's bow to cut the cable and make it look like it had gotten snagged on terrain. She wasn't detected, despite being just feet away from the ship.