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LQDxV TIL Coyote howls act as a population census and if their howls are not answered by other packs, the result is a biological response that produces large litters.
Me958 TIL the first doughnut machine was made in 1920 to meet the demand for doughnuts as a breakfast food item following WW 1. Adolph Levitt, a Jewish refugee who came to America fleeing czarist Russia, designed the machine and began selling fried doughnuts from his Harlem bakery in NYC.
KEW9 TIL Ben Franklin made a list of 250 synonyms for being drunk in 1737. This list became very popular to show off in pubs at the time.
vb1D TIL that Adam Rainer was a dwarf at age 21, (standing 3 feet 10 inches, 118cm) but began to grow at an astonishing rate. When he died, he was 7 feet 8 inches (234cm) tall.
OoZE4 TIL Three Honolulu firefighters were killed, and six wounded, during the attack on Pearl Harbor, making them the only fire department on American soil to be attacked by a foreign power.