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TIL that instead of saying “the cat’s pyjamas” or “the bee’s knees”, the French say “the baby Jesus in velvet shorts”

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rNXm4 TIL that before ice cream cones were invented, people used "penny licks" to eat ice cream from street vendors: a small glass which the customer would lick clean and return to the vendor. They were banned in 1898 due to concerns about the spread of disease, particularly cholera and tuberculosis.
ZP64 TIL that THC (compound found in Marijuana) slows the progression of Alzheimer’s disease
Lkjr TIL John Norman, the little-known “white guy on the podium", made a major contribution to the 1968 Olympic black rights statement. He went home to Australia a pariah – his career ended by the AOC. He died in 2006 without any recognition, buried quietly by his lifelong friends: Cook and Carlos.
nWWyG TIL that during a drought in 2019, priests in Bhopal, India wed 2 frogs in order to appease the god of rain, 2 months later the frogs were divorced in order to stop the constant downpour of rain that destroyed over 9,000 homes.
95Kp TIL that before Austria-Hungary divided and separated, their motto was “Indivisible and Inseparable”.