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TIL that because babies listen to the languages spoken around them while still in the womb, they develop distinctive cries that reflect this when they’re born. Thus - babies cry with an accent, making it possible to distinguish a French baby from a German baby, based purely on the way they cry.

6BLX TIL that The voice actor for the Earl of Lemongrab on adventure time, Justin Roiland, created a short movie of Marty Mcfly having oral sex with Doc brown, which would later become the show Rick and morty
0wR8p TIL after noticing all of the attention the US women’s gymnastics team was getting, the US men’s gymnastics team suggested they compete shirtless to attract more viewers
XdO8 TIL The ‘Irish Giant’ Charles Byrne was so afraid that the surgeon John Hunter wanted his body dissection and display, he arranged to be buried at sea. Hunter snatched Byrne’s cadaver on the way to the burial, reduced Byrne’s body to its skeleton and put it in his museum where it still remains
BoKK TIL NASA will send a probe to an asteroid, land on it, and harvest a boulder from it. Then bring it into the moon’s orbit for spacewalking astronauts to collect samples.
1688O TIL Quttinirpaaq National Park on Ellesmere Island offers day trips and multiday backpacking routes in the high arctic, including the 4500-year old Muskox Way, the route of ancient peoples. Historic Fort Conger visits are possible only when you are accompanies by Parks Canada staff