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TIL Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Donated $992 Million to Planned Parenthood

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GYrMJ TIL Thalaikoothal is the traditional practice of involuntary euthanasia, by their own family members, observed in some parts of southern districts of Tamil Nadu state of India.
D1Akg TIL the first can opener was patented 160 years ago, on January 5, 1858, fifty years after the can was invented. Prior to its invention, people used hammers and chisels to open cans.
rRPR0 TIL: Lamborghini made a sports car specifically for the Pope, he blessed it and it was auctioned off.
GAPaE TIL In the first ever modern olympics, there were 169 Greek athletes and 14 American athletes. US still won more gold.
GM64 TIL that the philtrum (the groove in the middle of your upper lip) exists in all mammals. It’s much narrower in non-primates, and uses capillary action to keep the nose wet with saliva (ie. wet nose = good for dogs). A wet nose is better at trapping odors, hence the purpose of the philtrum.