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TIL that in development for Star Treck TNG, Gene Roddenberry wanted Deanna Troi to have four breasts.

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0dNdj TIL in silkworm farms of 16th century Italy, delicate silkworm eggs were incubated by women who carried them in small bags next to their skin, sometimes between their breasts
N76k8 TIL about Maj. Walter Reed (Walter Reed Medical Center is named for him) who was a major influence in the fields of epidemiology and bio-medicine. With a fellow doctor from Cuba he discovered that yellow fever was transmitted via mosquitoes and not human to human transmission saving countless lives.
rRJRM TIL it takes about 37 gallons of water to make a single roll of toilet paper, and the average person uses 384 trees worth of toilet paper in their lifetime.
0wXyy TIL that Frank Sinatra tried to commit suicide 3 times while dating Ava Gardner. Once resulting in her struggling to remove a gun from his head. A bullet was fired but missed the both of them.
l0Ba TIL that the claw on the end of a tape measure is supposed to be loose. The distance it moves is equal to the thickness of the claw, to take into account the difference between placing the end over an edge and pressing it against an object.