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TIL that ‘Nothing’ is slang for vagina in Shakespearean

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yWw TIL that cotton will catch on fire if super glue is applied to it.
p8AvA TIL that the same person (Alan Adler) invented both the Aerobie flying disc and the AeroPress coffeemaker
5VVKn TIL the color orange was named after the fruit orange, and not vice versa. Prior to its naming, it was referred to as yellow-red (ġeolurēad).
1rND TIL A 2-year study that linked Ecstasy to Parkinsons was retracted from the journal Science after the authors realized they had accidentally used meth instead.
eYg TIL Economic researchers at Yale managed to successfully train Capuchin monkeys to understand and use currency. The result? The monkeys used it to buy….sex.