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TIL Florida is coming up on nine years without a hurricane making direct landfall

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ywQJ TIL critics of early locomotives feared that women’s bodies were “not designed to go at 50 miles an hour,” and that women’s uteruses would fly out of their bodies as they were accelerated to that speed. Others suspected that any human body might simply melt at high speeds.
1aRXO TIL that the dog breed St. Bernards were originally known as Barry Hounds, after a dog named Barry who lived at the St. Bernard hospice in the 1800s. Barry saved 40 people in the nearby mountains, and the hospice has always maintained one dog named Barry in his honor.
LQNPm TIL about a 13th astrological sign Ophiuchus which is the 13th sign of the Zodiac in astrology, and represents those born between Nov. 30 and Dec. 17.
loKw1 TIL the band name Smashing Pumpkins doesn't mean breaking a gord; the "Smashing" in it is an adjective not a verb. So smashing as in "fantastic".
m1Jdx TIL that in 2017, Taco Bell test marketed the "Kit Kat Chocoladilla" in select Wisconsin locations. The food item consisted of melted Kit Kat pieces in a grilled and folded tortilla.