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TIL there’s an ice cream that changes colour as you eat it!

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lpm1 TIL that the “Cadillac-driving welfare queen” made famous by Reagan’s speeches was a real person – and her crime and deception extended far beyond welfare fraud.
e0JV4 TIL that putting live birds in a pie was a form of entertainment in the 16th century. An Italian recipe book of 1549 described how to make a pie so that the birds survived and 'flew out' when it was cut open. This practice was also found in 1725 in a cookery book by John Nott.
R7mdj TIL During the shooting of Jurassic Park, the sound design of the T. rex's roar was reportedly a composite of tiger, alligator, and baby elephant sounds. The deadly Dilophosaurus roar was created by combining howler monkeys, hawk screeches, rattlesnake hisses, and swan calls.
MJ5a TIL more boys are born during times of war and stress and no one knows why. The phenomenon is called the “Returning Soldier Effect”.
6948Z TIL: The Horses of Medieval Times Weren't Much Bigger Than Modern-Day Ponies