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TIL that America is actually metric

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xVA0 TIL the nuclear family started when Homo Ergasters’ pelvises narrowed for upright walking; this narrowed the birth canal which caused babies to be born with less developed (smaller) brains which caused mothers to lean on their partners for support since they’re busy caring for the helpless newborn
4Nxw TIL a Thai princess drowned to death as servants watched, because they were ordered to never touch the royals
nW7RG Today I learned that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not established regulatory limits for heavy metals in finished food products other than bottled water.
GYWQE TIL that Edsger W. Dijkstra, the famous Dutch computer science pioneer, when asked about his job during his marriage rite in 1957, answered as "programmer" but the municipal authorities did not accept it on the grounds that there was no such profession
nQ1B TIL that Walt Disney created multiple fake companies (like M.T. Lott Real Estate) to buy Florida land in the 1960s. This let him acquire what is now Disney World while avoiding suspicion and keeping prices low. The stores on Main Street shop windows are the names of those original companies.