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TIL that Marvel actually argued that the X-Men mutants are NOT human, in order to lower taxes of action figures

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yrNw TIL the wrestler Mick Foley became a fan of Tori Amos in 1993. After meeting her in 2008, he got involved in a group she started to aid abused women. He has volunteered extensively, fielding calls from women in difficult circumstances, and logged over 550 hours on the phone over an 18-month period.
QJWOd TIL that sloths don't fart. Their metabolism is so slow that they absorb methane through their bloodstream and breathe it out.
16Zx8 TIL that the reason pen caps have holes is so you can't choke on them.
X0nl6 TIL about Adnan Khashoggi. A Saudi businessman, arms dealer implicated in the Iran–Contra affair, uncle to Dodi Fayed (killed in a car accident with Diana, Princess of Wales), and uncle to Jamal Khashoggi (assassinated in the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul).
X0OKj TIL that human infants as young as 14 hours from birth prefer to look at attractive faces rather than unattractive faces