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TIL American toy company, A.C. Gilbert released a microscope titled "lab technician set" boxed in pink designed specifically for girls in the 1950s

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x5R7 TIL The African elephant has only 4 teeth. Each of them weighs 5kg and is 30cm long.
PYpbn TIL peekaboo is universal to all cultures, and developmental psychologists believe it is important to infant development.
Ooea6 TIL Japanese right-wing nationalists tried to assassinate Matsutarō Shōriki (father of japanese professional baseball) for allowing foreigners to play baseball in the Jingu Stadium. He survived but received a 16-inch-long scar from a broadsword during the assassination attempt.
kOYJe TIL that in 1998, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, lightning struck in the field during a football (soccer) match. 11 people died, all of the same team. The players from the other team were left unharmed. The whole thing even led to accusations of cursing and witchcraft.
9YxEB TIL that only 10 to 20 percent of people receiving CPR in a hospital survive long enough to be discharged.