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TIL only humans have pubic hair

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8e8pG TIL former US president Jimmy Carter and Motown Records founder Berry Gordy are related by way of their great-grandfather James Thomas Gordy.
X0Omk TIL Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from the blowing desert sand
9npD TIL the French word for ‘walkie-talkie’ is 'talkie-walkie’.
DQXog TIL that from 1988 to 2016, the maker of Sriracha sauce, Huy Fong Foods, sourced all their peppers from a single supplier based solely on a verbal agreement, sealed with a nod and a handshake, not contracts or lawyers.
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