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TIL that in 2009, after Steve Irwin's death, a new species of snail was named after him in honor of his memory: The Crikey Steveirwini. 🐌

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PYPaE TIL: A newer study in 2017 discovered the cost of raising a child to 17 in the US averages $233,610 with rural children costing $193,020 and Urban NE costing $264,090 the same study also showed that each additional child is cheaper due to bulk buying and hand me downs.
vPlx8 TIL about Frederick S. Dawn (Tang Xinyuan), who was a NASA Chief Engineer and textilist who invented several heat-resistant fibers that were critical in the development of the US Space Program. He was later called "The Father of the Space Suit" after Apollo 11's successful landing.
R555w TIL Cher's 1998 hit "Believe" is the first song to use Auto-Tune. The singer believed her career was hitting "rock bottom," and after hearing a different song with a wobble effect created by a vocoder (a voice effect pedal tool), decided she wanted to create a similar song.
GADw4 TIL: That while pregnant in 1956, Grace Kelly was frequently photographed clutching a distinctive leather handbag which was likely a shield to prevent her from being exposed to the paparazzi. However, the pictures popularized the purse so much that it would later come to be known as the Kelly bag.
KAXG TIL that Rob Schneider sent Roger Ebert flowers after the critic had undergone major surgery despite the critic having stating “Your movie sucks” as a review for “Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo”.