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TIL that sleeping babies who are dropped from a height will spread eagle to break their fall. This is called the Palmar reflex and is evidence to show that humans were once tree-dwellers.

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oBdvR TIL Owney the dog became world famous in late 1800s for traveling the USA and the world as the beloved mascot for the railway post service. He became a good luck charm because no train he rode on got in an accident. Wherever he went, people hung tags on his harness, which he brought home regularly.
jNMQp TIL Cannabis was an important part of Japanese culture from prehistoric times until their defeat in WWII
b6rJE TIL after the Mexican government refused to pay damages to a French pastry chef who's shop in Tacubaya was looted, French King Louis Philippe I. got involved, leading to the Franco-Mexican Pastry War of 1838.
D1Gle TIL of Robert Maxwell, media mogul, British MP, fraudster, and suspected spy. After his naked body was found in the ocean, it was revealed that he had stolen hundreds of millions of pounds from his companies’ pension funds. He is also the father of Ghislaine Maxwell.
wLyJ7 TIL that in 2006, the Sex Pistols were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but they refused to attend the ceremony, calling the museum "a piss stain".