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TIL Canada’s First Astronaut is now a Member of Parliament

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P1Yrg TIL that less than half of all societies kiss with their lips, according to a study of 168 cultures from around the world and a professor of anthropology at the University of Nevada Las Vegas found that only 46% use lip-to-lip kissing in a romantic sense, excluding things like parent-child kissing.
OoPX4 TIL that the movie, Scooby Doo (2002) was aiming for a PG-13 rating. Shaggy was set to be a stoner, and there were a lot of marijuana references. However this was changed to be "family friendly." In 2017, the 15th anniversary of the release of the film, it revealed there was an R-rated cut of it.
4Bwa TIL Simon, the world’s first smartphone, was released by IBM in 1994. It cost $899, loaded new apps via external memory cards, and could last sixty minutes before requiring a recharge. IBM sold 50,000 units.
awwDy TIL indigenous Australian suicide has increased from 5% of total Australian suicide in 1991, to 50% in 2010, despite making up only 3% of the total Australian population.
4kAmo TIL "Shiny Happy People" by R.E.M. was used as the theme song to the unaired pilot for the sitcom Friends, before it was replaced by the Rembrandts' "I'll Be There for You".