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TIL that the iconic Wiggles finger gesture was created so that people can always see where their hands are when taking pictures with kids!

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gMExD TIL that, during their years in the White House, President Herbert Hoover & his wife, First Lady Lou Henry Hoover, were known to communicate with each other in Mandarin Chinese at times when they wished to foil eavesdroppers & keep their conversations private.
xeXw TIL Glen Howerton (Dennis from Its Always Sunny in Philidelphi) is fluent in Mandarin, Spanish, and Korean (and English).
KO7pE TIL the demigod Maui was crushed to death by the obsidian teeth in the goddess Hine-nui-te-pō's vagina
jNybv TIL Princess Diana was a self-mutilator. She publicly admitted throwing herself down stairs whilst pregnant and cutting herself with razors, penknives, and other kitchen tools because of her torment over her marriage relationship.
4XdK6 TIL about Luther Baldwin, a drunkard from New Jersey who was fined $150 for suggesting that a cannon being fired in honor of President John Adams should “be fired through his arse”.