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TIL opossums have the most nipples of any animal.

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PYpbn TIL peekaboo is universal to all cultures, and developmental psychologists believe it is important to infant development.
epWMJ TIL that L.A.-based commercial artist and Vietnam War veteran Patrick Nagel, who became famous the 1980s for his art of women for 'Playboy' and Duran Duran's 1982 album 'Rio', died of a heart attack after a celebrity Aerobathon in 1984, aged 38.
XmrD TIL Prince Eric from “The Little Mermaid” is the only Disney prince who does not sing in his film.
6MrY TIL that the “Vulcan nerve pinch” concept on Star Trek (1966) was invented by Leonard Nimoy when he and the series’ writers were trying to figure out how an unarmed Spock could overpower an adversary without resorting to violence.
Y7JKv TIL the name of the mineral 'Xenotime' (originally 'kenotime' - meaning "vainglory" in greek) is making fun of a chemist who prematurely claimed to have found a new chemical element in the mineral