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rNnNe TIL Tony wasn't talking about the people, Puerto Rico actually does have a really bad garbage problem
R7JjQ TIL twins Grace and Virginia Kennedy (b. 1970) were often left alone with their German speaking grandmother as children and as a result developed their own secret language. They used it til they were about 8 when they were forbidden to by their father. They called each other "Poto" and "Cabengo".
Oo5Ve TIL That spiral "Feather Death Crowns" can form in the pillows of the ill or dying, likely caused by fever sweat and thrashing. In Appalachia these "crowns" were commonly saved for posterity.
ZpKL4 TIL In his original concept drawings for Oscar the Grouch, creator Jim Henson imagined a magenta monster. Due to the limitations of early color television, Oscar was redesigned with orange fur for his premiere on the first season of Sesame Street in 1969, and changed to green for the second season.
9YJPX TIL of Senioritis - a term used to describe decrease in motivation for students in senior year of high school, college, or grad school.