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TIL that a chimera is when a fetus absorbs its twin and is born with two sets of DNA.

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WkWkB TIL 2 hours before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the USS Ward identified and destroyed a Japanese mini-sub attempting to pass through the anti-submarine nets at Pearl Harbor. These were the first American shots fired during WW2, and removed America's neutrality in the war.
LQrnd TIL the word is scoot not scootch for the phrase scoot over
GAXo1 TIL that Victoria's Secret was named in reference to Queen Victoria and the associated refinement of the Victorian era, while the "secret" was hidden underneath the clothes.
EaDp TIL Simon Cowell’s first job was polishing Jack Nicholson’s axe in “The Shining”. He worked as a runner on-set and cleaned Nicholson’s axe between takes for the most famous scenes, making it so shiny you could see your face in it.
PVrL TIL that when asked how he had managed to gather so much information on his classmates, 19-year-old Mark Zuckerberg replied that they were “Dumb fucks” for trusting him