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TIL that some butterflies drink tears to survive

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N75M1 TIL that the term cakewalk comes from a 19th century dance, invented by slaves in the antebellum South. It was intended to satirize the ballroom promenades of white plantation owners. Couples promenaded through the ballroom, bowing deeply and frequently. The couple who performed the best won a cake
mxOMR TIL about "Grain entrapment", when a person becomes submerged in grain and gets stuck, often suffocating beneath the corn.
ep7vJ TIL in 1983 Apple released the first commercial computer with a mouse and graphical user interface, ideas based largely or solely on technologies from Xerox in exchange for the chance for Xerox to buy 10,000 shares of Apple at $10 apiece.
0dE6L TIL The invention of the Philly Cheesesteak is credited to brothers Pat & Harry Olivieri in the early 1930s. It was originally a snack made for themselves until they shared it with a cab driver that was a regular customer at their hot dog stand, who suggested they sell the sandwich instead.
BkpK TIL WWE Hall of Famer “Rowdy” Roddy Piper broke down in Mickey Rourke’s arms after watching a screening of The Wrestler, due to the film’s accurate portrayal of the lives many older and independent professional wrestlers live.