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TIL that actually men's genes create the placenta
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Pr7n
TIL that Paul Simon’s song, “Mother and Child Reunion”, isn’t about a mother and child reuniting. It’s about a Chicken and Eggs dish he had at a Chinese restaurant.
5Y5Op
TIL the FTC once issued a cease and desist order to Campbell’s Soup company for using marbles in their soup ads. The marbles were placed in the bottom of the soup to push the solid ingredients to the top, which was considered deceptive.
Wny9
TIL the crack in the Liberty Bell is from a repair job. In 1846, metal workers widened the thin crack to prevent it from spreading further and to restore the tone of the bell by using a technique called “stop drilling”. But the repair job produced a second crack that silenced the bell forever.
E1Pk0
TIL in 2011, a write-in candidate for a board of education election needed only one vote to win, but she lost because she thought her friends/family would vote (they didn't) and was too busy at her son's baseball game to vote for herself.
XEX0R
TIL that Magda and Joseph Goebbels in the last days of WWII and while confined to the Führerbunker, arranged to have all 6 of their children killed with cyanide as they slept. They believed the children would support their decision to commit suicide if they were old enough to speak for themselves.