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TIL 720 fire-fighting men and women were killed in the line of duty during WW2 in England and Wales

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DP5j TIL: Puppy pregnancy syndrome is a psychosomatic condition where an individual believes, after being bitten by a dog, that puppies are conceived in their abdomen.
LvVr TIL that babies put anything/everything into their mouths because it’s where their most-developed nerve endings are.
WkjpL TIL that E. C. Segar, cartoonist behind Popeye, died at age of only 43 from leukemia and liver disease in 1938. He worked on Popeye for only 9 years.
GYMo7 TIL that ancient Egyptians believed in afterlife as the dead's heart was weighted against the feather of Maat, If the dead's heart balanced with the feather of Maat, they would be admitted to heavenly paradise, if their heart was heavier than the feather their souls would be permanently destroyed.
wLjm8 TIL sloth’s hands work opposite from our own. They close to relax and exert energy to open, which is what allows them to hang from the canopy for extended periods of time and sleep while hanging from a tree.