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TIL Ring Pops were invented as an alternative to thumb sucking.

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l70e7 TIL Tarantulas can swim and some can even dive in order to catch fish!
xVga1 TIL FDR's first vice-president said the vice-presidency "isn't worth a pitcher of warm piss." His second VP, Harry Truman, said it was as "useful as a cow's fifth teat."
d87g8 TIL Da Vinci discovered that severing the spinal column of a frog resulted in instant death. But it seems he felt disturbed by hurting living things, stopped working on live animals, and became a vegetarian. In fact, he loved animals so much that he would buy birds at the market and let them go.
KOdN9 TIL Irish golfer Adam Rolston set up a 2,000 km golf hole across Mongolia. The hole was par 14,000 and took 80 days to finish. He finished the game 6,000 strokes over par.
0rER TIL Harriet Tubman suffered from narcolepsy. She developed the condition as a result of a head injury sustained when she defied an order from the slave master.