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TIL That the word gender wasn’t popularized until around the 80s and overtook sex in determining infants in the 90s

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epVN6 TIL Seattle receives more sunlight than Tokyo, Milan, or Paris
kOR8W TIL American Humane, the organization which provides the "No animals were harmed" verification on Hollywood productions, was found to have colluded with studios to cover up major animal abuses on movie sets.
GYoD1 TIL that mixing drinks with diet soda gets you drunk 18 percent faster than regular soda.
8DAL TIL Paul Shaffer, David Letterman’s band leader, co-wrote “It’s Raining Men”.
krOd TIL that after the Civil War many wealthy Confederate families fled to Brazil, today many Southern cultures and traditions can still be seen in the descendants of these “Confederados”