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TIL German Chocolate Cake is not German, its from Texas, named after the “German Chocolate” used in the cake, which is also not German.

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5V9B9 TIL that 80s child actress Judith Barsi made so much money by 4th grade, her family bought a house in West Hills. She died at age 10 when her father killed the entire family. Her final films, “The Land Before Time” and “All Dogs Go To Heaven,” were released posthumously.
9lEQ TIL that today, a waist-to-hip ratio of 0.7 is considered most attractive by Indo-Europeans, and that even ancient civilizations’ representations of women most often fell in the 0.6-0.7 range.
OGVGL TIL There are at least two runic inscriptions in Hagia Sophia's marble parapets. They may have been engraved by members of the Varangian Guard in Constantinople during the Viking Age. One of them roughly translates to "Halfdan carved these ruins".
QJxJ6 TIL that hummingbirds build nests near and below hawk nests because their predators are scared of the hawks and tend to avoid hawk nests. Survival rates are higher for eggs laid in a cone-shaped area near/below hawk nests
E1EAX TIL tears contain leucine enkephalin, a natural pain killer, which is suggested to be the mechanism behind the experience of crying from emotion making an individual feel better.