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TIL that a mother kissing her baby allows her to sample the bugs the baby is exposed to, leading to the production of custom antibodies in her breast milk to help the baby fight the bugs

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rnPW TIL that “inner speech” (the voice you hear inside your head when you’re reading or thinking) is accompanied by tiny muscular movements in the larynx.
14b4 TIL that John Ratzenberger, the actor who portrayed Cliff Clavin in “Cheers”, is the only actor to have portrayed a character in every Pixar film.
XNKE TIL of the great auk, an extinct bird resembling penguins and living in the north. The last pair were strangled to death in the 19th century.
6EAnQ TIL that at Disney world, they build things(like the Cinderella Castle) at 199 ft to legally avoid having guidance lights for aircraft.
69b6w TIL that in 2000 Enron and Blockbuster entered into a 20 year agreement to stream on-demand video entertainment. Blockbuster withdrew from the contract just months later and Enron filed for bankruptcy in late 2001.