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TIL Seth Rogen paid the bills and was the main wage earner of the family by the age of 16

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kO6DE TIL that in Edgar Allen Poe's 1838 novel The Narrative of Arthur Gorden Pym of Nantucket the survivors of a shipwreck eat a character called Richard Parker. Poe called the book "silly," but in 1884 the survivors of a real British shipwreck were tried for eating a cabin boy ... named Richard Parker.
BnBL TIL that apples sold in the store might be a year old. Apples are processed then stored in a controlled-atmosphere storage for up to a year from picking.
6Ee7w TIL there’s an island in Australia full of miniature kangaroos called ‘quokkas’
ljXN TIL There was an all female Rock Band name ‘Rockbitch’ which was infamous for throwing 'Golden Condoms’ at their audience and whoever got it, male or female, was taken backstage to have sex with band members. [NSFW]
mvlv TIL when you smile with your eyes it’s known as a Duchenne smile and genuinely smiling in this way i.e. the more muscles you use when you smile, the happier you will be whatever you are doing. (Last paragraph)