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TIL that tipping in America started so restaurant owners wouldn't have to pay black workers.

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dD44E TIL that baby kangaroos are born as fetuses and climb into their mothers pouches to finish gestation. Mother kangaroos can suspend their pregnancies and produce four different types of specialized milk at one time to satisfy the developmental needs of individual offspring.
b6Jlj TIL the original Baltimore Ravens logo was redesigned because the Ravens refused to give him an autographed helmet to it's creator.
M70G8 TIL that "Clint Eastwood" is an anagram of "Old West Action".
nkRo TIL: We hear our own voices differently because of how the sound transfers up our face and the vibrations in our ears and head after we speak. We can hear how we sound to others by putting two folders in front of our ears so our voice echos around the room before reaching our ears.
b5v4 TIL that pistol dueling with wax bullets was once an Olympic sport.