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TIL in the 1960s savory Jell-O molds became a fad

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aw57Z TIL cocktails originated from horses who had their tails docked. In the 1800's they docked tails of horses that were not thoroughbred - 'cocktailed horses'. It later referred to a vulgar, ill-bred person, and finally an 'acceptable diluted alcoholic drink, not purebred, and raised above its station'
GBg5 TIL A mountain named “Chinaman’s Peak” was renamed to “Ha Ling Peak” because it was seen as derogatory. Ha Ling was the first to climb it and had named it himself.
0X6p TIL The United States are the only country which currently has minors serving life sentences. There were 2,589 in 2009.
xVGkw TIL about practice babies. In the early to mid 1900s, orphaned babies were lent out to college home economics programs where they were taken care of entirely by groups of students in order to learn child-rearing skills.
0dZAp TIL of Bess Flowers, known as the 'Queen of the Hollywood Extras' with over 800 acting credits