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TIL “hedgehog’s dilemma” describes hedgehogs’ inability to cuddle for warmth due to their spikes, and is a metaphor for the challenges of human intimacy.

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nXMY TIL in writing his tombstone, Thomas Jefferson listed his successes - author of the Declaration of American Independence and the Statute of Virginia for religious freedom and the Father of the University of Virginia - but forgot 1 small achievement: that he was once president of the United States.
B9ED TIL Stan Lee planned on quitting the comic book industry, until his wife Joan told him to write the type of characters he wanted to for his last project. The result was the Fantastic Four, which created a more humanly flawed type of superhero.
69Agl TIL France hadn't become a linguistically unified country (under French) until the end of the 19th century. By 1914, almost all French could read and understand the national language, though 50% still understood or spoke a regional language of France compared to today's 10% of French who can do that
Bg1Ny TIL on the Yap Islands, locals use a giant carved stone as currency and it never exchanges hands, someone will own it in name and use the idea of ownership as a payment method.
YOr7 TIL James Earl Jones was a functional mute until high school, briefly studied pre-med in college and was a US Army Ranger during the Korean War.