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TIL that youngest siblings are usually the favorite child
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TIL a quarter is often referred to as "two bits" unwittingly in reference to pieces of eight used in the golden age of piracy. One Spanish dollar was worth Eight Spanish Reales. Two Reales (or bits) was equal to a quarter of one dollar.
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TIL that Robert Downey Jr. once rescued an elder woman by using his jacket to tie around her wound and ordering people to call an ambulance. The woman’s granddaughter thanks him fifteen years later.
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TIL that a species of bird known as the Shrike impales all of its prey so that it can return and feed whenever it wants.
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TIL the animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series had to be heavily censored in the UK due to controversy over "Ninja" weapons and the the catch phrase "Bummer" being slang for anal sex.
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TIL that Ultraviolet blood irradiation (UBI) was extensively used in the 1940s and 1950s to treat many diseases including septicemia, pneumonia, tuberculosis, arthritis, asthma and even poliomyelitis.