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TIL that in the Brothers Grimm version of Snow White, the Prince proposed to Snow White when she was only about Seven Years old.

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6E07 TIL that the Toyota MR2 had to be renamed in France, as the pronunciation of MR2 sounds similar to the French words for “It is shitty”
p8l9N TIL that median and mean age of automobiles in the USA has steadily increased since 1969, when the mean age was 5.1 years. By 2009 the median had increased to 9.4 years.
aw8A0 TIL that as of October 2017, John Tyler the 10th president of the U.S. who was born in 1790, has two living grandchildren
LQ7Vd TIL about the extinct dog breed of Turnspit. The turnspit dog was bred to run on a wheel in order to turn meat so it would cook evenly. With advancements in kitchen technology, they were no longer bred for their specific function, and their numbers dwindled, eventually leading to their extinction.
yQ7M8 TIL skin cancer is more common on the left side in Americans and on the right side in Australians