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TIL that a glass ball will bounce higher than a rubber ball!

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Oka6 TIL that in 1969 President Richard Nixon had proposed a form of Basic Income (or Negative Income Tax) for poor families in the US, but it was promptly defeated in the senate.
p88n8 TIL female hyenas have “pseudo penises” that can have erections. They also use it to urinate, have sex, and give birth.
pQke TIL Men were the first to wear high heels around the 1600s. Women began wearing them to look more masculine.
640X TIL that a man broke into Buckingham Palace. While eating cheddar cheese, he viewed the royal portraits, sat on the throne for a while, and drank half a bottle of wine before he became tired and left.
aPJL TIL in the US nonfatal firearm crimes dropped from 1.5 million in 1993 to 467,300 in 2011