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TIL A study showed that children whose parents placed the children’s pacifiers in their own mouths before giving it to the child were less likely to develop allergies like eczema and asthma later in life.

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wLDR7 TIL US hospitals originally banned the newly discovered techniques of cleaning surgical tools to prevent infections
l7M6A TIL that bumblebees can fly higher than the peak of Mt. Everest. Researchers put the bees in plexiglass chambers where they simulated different altitudes. While all bees were capable of flying at over 24,278 ft (7,400 m), two bees were capable of hovering at over 29,527 ft (9,000 m).
p8eve TIL of Charles Vance Millar, a Toronto lawyer who died in 1926 with no relatives. In his will, he left all his remaining assets (equivalent to $9 million CAD) to the woman who had the most babies within 10 years of his death, creating a "baby race" where woman competed to have the most babies.
4kab TIL after the death of NYC drag scene fixture Dorian Corey, a mummified body was found in Corey’s belongings with a gunshot wound to the head
5RxR TIL Bryan Kestner, the person who came up with the idea for Planet Hollywood, received only minimal shares for his contribution. He has been asked to not attend functions related to the restaurant. To this day, he has received no money for coming up with the idea.