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TIL chocolate milk does not come from brown cows

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kJG4m TIL that the names given to hurricanes are pretty much already set. There are six alphabetical lists of names for Atlantic hurricanes, maintained by the World Meteorological Organization, and they are rotated through every six years.
owg8 TIL that Nikola Tesla used to feed pigeons, bringing injured ones into his hotel room to nurse back to health and one time spending over $2,000 to fix a pigeon’s broken wing and leg, including building a device that comfortably supported her, so her bones could heal.
Wn0N TIL Paul McCartney’s condition for guest starring in The Simpsons episode “Lisa the Vegetarian” was that Lisa, who becomes a vegetarian in the episode, remain one for the rest of the series. The staff promised, resulting in one of the few permanent character changes made in the show.
15LO TIL there is a type of mosquitoes called Toxorhynchites and they do not consume blood! Instead they prey on other Mosquito larvae.
l716K TIL before Playtex became one of the largest manufacturers of tampons, they made space suits for the Apollo mission.