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TIL One of Whoopi Goldberg’s first jobs was as a mortuary beautician.

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69QGl Today I learned In 1981, General Mills received the first patent for a microwave oven popcorn bag; popcorn consumption saw a sharp increase then by tens of thousands of pounds.
M9wa TIL that a species of self-cloning crayfish was discovered in the German pet trade in the 1990’s. Every individual is female and genetically identical. There are no known natural populations.
M7A0m TIL: The Longest Coin Spin was 26.55sec performed in front of a live audience in 2015.
wLr06 TIL of Ken Banks, a Queensland man who set up a "retirement home" for birds who outlive their owners, at one count housing at least 1,600 birds including a cockatoo in its 90s. He prefers not to sell birds but rather swap with breeders or give birds to people after teaching how to care for them.
6EJvX TIL 1 in 10 men around the world suffer from paternal postpartum depression after the birth of their kids. And, if the wife is depressed then the man is also twice as likely to develop postpartum