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TIL that humans are deuterostomes, which means that when they develop in the womb the anus forms before any other opening (which means we all were at some point nothing but an asshole)

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d8p19 TIL San Francisco voters select their first, second, and third choices for mayor
ADlnn TIL the avant-garde band The Residents recorded an album of 40 one-minute songs, then purchased 40 one-minute advertising slots on San Francisco's most popular Top-40 radio station and had the station play each track over the course of three days
wLJVW TIL Wilson's storm petrels, named after the father of American ornithology Alexander Wilson, don’t actually walk on water, but they aim themselves into the wind, hover over an area, and slowly advance while touching their feet to the water’s surface like a bouncing dance as they search for food.
w6eM TIL the Confederate Battle Flag was first flown above the South Carolina State House in 1962 in defiance of the Civil Rights Movement
Y7m7W TIL in US music notation, the name Do doesn't refer to a specific note (C) but to the first note of the scale you're using. So any note can be called Do