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TIL most human babies grow tails that are re-absorbed in the womb. Just watching a random episode of 'justified' and had my mind blown...

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a8JpM TIL that Oliver Stone named the protagonist of Scarface (1983) after his favorite football player - Joe Montana
jNQEX TIL Dorothea Lange, famous depression era photographer, documented the internment of Japanese-Americans in 1942. The unflattering photos were quietly deposited into the National Archives, where they remained largely unseen until 2006.
5YK0r Today I learned that the flying way of a paper plane can be adjusted bending its wings. If the plane suddenly flies downward then bend the wings upward, and if the plane suddenly flies upward curve its wings downward.
newMP TIL: Led Zeppelin's song "D'yer Mak'er" is a pun on "Jamaica" when pronounced with a Cockney accent. This was due to the song being reggae-influenced
yVyye TIL that the People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada was established in 1979 after the Marxist-Leninist New Jewel Movement overthrew the previous Grenadian administration. Grenada was still a commonwealth realm during this time, making it a socialist state with Elizabeth II as its monarch.