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TIL That a baby porcupine is called a porcupette.

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b9AGa TIL the first modern office chair failed commercially outside the US, because it was too comfortable. The Victorian morality of the time valued rigid, unsupportive seats that allowed sitters to demonstrate refinement, willpower and morality through an upright posture.
nb7G TIL Janis Ian met Bill Cosby on tour as a teenager. Cosby, presuming she was a lesbian, is alleged to have warned television shows that she was “not suitable family entertainment” due to her sexuality, and attempted to have her blacklisted.
neOAr TIL about a place in Oyo State Nigeria called Igbo-Ora, regarded as the twins capital of the world with up up 150 twin sets per 1000 births
5YQnP TIL That the Allies secretly built two entire portable harbors in the UK and towed them across the English Channel right after D-Day to attach to the just-captured beachheads. One was damaged in a storm. The other landed over 2.5 million men, 500,000 vehicles, and 4 million tons of supplies.
beOp TIL that most U.S. Vodka producers do not distill their own spirits. Rather, they buy bulk ethanol, dilute it with water and flavorings and then sell it as premium booze.