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TIL Janet Jackson's 1989 classic 'Rhythm Nation' can make some laptops crash

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69Npm TIL there are only two elected heads of state who have given birth while in office. The first was Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in 1990, and the second was New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in 2018. Both gave birth to a girl at both gave birth at the age of 37.
AD1nx TIL that the stylised haircuts given to poodles began centuries ago in order to aid them in their water buoyancy while doing water retrieval tasks.
6xLm TIL the sound of the velociraptors barking at each other in the 1993 movie Jurassic Park was actually the sound of tortoises mating.
D1rdp TIL Mao Zedong's English interpreter Ji Chaozhu moved to New York in 1939 at age 9, to avoid the war and spent a year at Harvard before returning to China in 1950. He worshipped Mao and remember the Chairman as “serene,” “regal,” and “mentally far away, at peace.”
VAR0 TIL first aid training is required to be able to obtain a driver’s license in Germany. This is administered to ensure that in the event of a road accident other drivers will be able to assist.