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TIL whales are hairy before they are born.
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TIL that in the 19th century, there was a common prejuidice towards the german immigrant population that they were eating dogs. That is how, when the frankfurter sausage was introduced, there were rumors circulating that there was dog meat in it, so it earned the nickname "Hot dog".
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TIL the town of Truth Or Consequences, New Mexico was named after a game show in 1950, in a bid to host a live broadcast of the show. The town's old name was Hot Springs.
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TIL of John Clem, a Union drummer boy during the American Civil War who shot a Confederate colonel who demanded his surrender. He was later promoted to sergeant becoming the youngest NCO in the history of the US Army.
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TIL: Menstrual pads have been mentioned as early as the 10th century, in the Suda, where Hypatia, who lived in the 4th century AD, was said to have thrown one of her used menstrual rags at an admirer in an attempt to discourage him.
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TIL That Dutch Ovens "...were so valuable that wills in the 18th and 19th centuries frequently spelled out the desired inheritor."