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TIL the term meme was first coined by evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins in his renowned book “The Selfish Gene”, and was defined as an idea, behavior, or style that spreads by means of imitation from person to person

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lo0g7 TIL Candy Cigarettes were introduced in late 19th century. They were wrapped in paper and packaged to resemble cigarettes. Some contained powdered sugar, allowing users to blow and produce clouds of sugar, imitating smoke. Candy cigarettes are currently banned in many countries including the UK.
BYAx TIL American bars first began offering complimentary hard-boiled eggs in the mid-1800s. The idea was to give customers sustenance so they wouldn’t become sloppy drunks, and at the same time making the customers thirsty so they would order more drinks
oRNMA TIL There's a festival in Spain called 'El Colacho' where they lay newborn babies out in the street, after which men dressed in red and yellow costumes run and hurdle over them. This is meant to cleanse the babies of original sin and protect them in their future lives.
DWLY TIL of Jennifer Bricker. Born with no legs and left at the hospital. From early age she wanted to be a gymnast and idolized American Olympian Dominique Moceanu. At the age 16 she discovered they were actually sisters.
VM94Q TIL: Eugene Debs was a 5 times socialist candidate for president, a union organizer, and orator. While at his sentence hearing for sedition, he said, "While there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element, I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free."