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TIL that mountain lions, cougars, panthers, and pumas are all the same animal

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QJyw6 TIL the TI-83 Plus Calculator could run Doom and Tetris
BrRyL TIL people from slavic countries such as Poland, Bulgaria, and Ukraine have genetically shallower hip sockets. Colloquially known as "Dalmatian hip" among hip surgeons, this hip structure helps facilitate a deeper squat. The "slav squat" may have a biomechanical basis.
R5vvw TIL that Marie Curie's daughter, Irène Joliot-Curie, also received a Nobel prize in chemistry. And she also shared it with her husband.
Vdl4 TIL that before becoming one of the original cast members of SNL, Chevy Chase played drums for a band called the Leather Canaries…who later become the legendary Steely Dan
6E0gW TIL that the first large scale human trial for the birth control pill was conducted on Puerto Rican women in the 1950s. These women were unknowingly participating in the clinical trial and deaths of participants were not investigated.