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TIL the movie Paranorman (2012) has the first explicit mention of a character being gay in modern animation

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oR4Qr TIL When Kangaroos are born they are the size of a jelly bean and almost look like worms then they crawl up the mom's belly into the pouch for the rest of their development into what we think of as baby kangaroos
rN7Oo TIL that in September 1903, a school opened in Philadelphia that used the phonograph to teach parrots how to speak English, French or German. The school's founder, Mrs. Jacob Hope, launched the school with a record that repeated the phrase "Polly wants a cracker" 1000 times.
WkOyB TIL the first woman elected president of a country was Vigdís Finnbogadóttir of Iceland, who won the 1980 presidential election as well as three others to also become the longest-serving non-hereditary female head of state in history (almost exactly 16 years in office)
Ypnnx TIL that male elephants experience a condition called "musth" in which their testosterone levels are up to 60 times higher than normal. Elephants are so violent during musth that scientists have struggled to study the condition, leaving its cause largely a matter of speculation.
GrmG TIL when Mary, Queen of Scots was beheaded, the executioner held her head aloft and said, “God save the Queen,” at which pointthe auburn tresses in his hand turned out to be a wig and the head fell to the ground, revealing that Mary had very short, grey hair.