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TIL President James Garfield was the first ambidextrous president and could write Latin with one hand while simultaneously writing Greek with the other

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OoJgg TIL of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) That Requires a Do Not Sell My Personal Information Link, Effective Jan. 1 2020
neQZY TIL high heels were originally worn by men. They were found to be extremely effective in keeping a horse riders’ feet in the stirrups, then evolved to a social status symbol, then a fashion statement.
ME9K TIL in the late 19th Century, a woman named Nellie Bly became an investigative journalist, had herself committed to expose poor conditions at mental institutions, traveled the world in under 80 days, married a millionaire, and became an industrialist.
6xZw TIL that to leave a social gathering without saying goodbye to anyone is called the “Irish goodbye” or the “French leave”. The French call it the “filer à l'anglaise”.
oGVY TIL that city life is potentially diverging a population of raccoons down an alternate evolutionary path in comparison to their rural counterparts. City raccoons show higher intelligence and just a few decades of city life has changed raccoon populations more than the previous 40,000 years.