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TIL newborn babies can smile, but only as an innate survival reflex to make them look more appealing to care for. Sneaky bastards.

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0dRlA TIL Before 2012, Pizza Hut was the largest purchaser of kale in the US, but they only used it as garnish for their salad bars.
Ylvx TIL in Albania some young girls are raised as ‘Sworn Virgins’ which meant they gained all the rights and privileges of men - things like freedom to vote, drive, conduct business, earn money, drink, smoke, swear, own a gun, or wear pants, in return for a life of celibacy and 'pretending’ to be male.
xj95 TIL that İhsan Sıtkı Yener designed a Turkish keyboard layout after studies were made on letter frequencies and finger anatomy along with Turkish Language Association, which resulted in Turkey breaking countless world records in typewriting championships since its invention in 1955
ANWox TIL that New Zealand used to have giant one metre (around 3 feet 4 inch) tall swans.
KLK6 TIL Diet soft drinks have significantly more caffeine than their regular versions. Diet Coke for example, has 30% more caffeine that regular Coke.