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TIL: Dolphins are born with hair, but it falls off shortly afterward

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KOPm9 TIL that sliced bread originated in a small Missouri town called Chillicothe.
mELM TIL - Jake LaMotta, the real life boxer portrayed in Raging Bull, who’s boxing style was to take punches to the head until his opponent was tired, is still alive and well at age 93.
BogW TIL during WWII Canada gave out buttons to people who tried to enlist but were refused due to medical conditions to show their willingness to fight with the military forces of Canada
PYRJw TIL that the inflatable dancing men we see at used car lots today were invented by a Caribbean puppeteer specifically for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics
m1rDv TIL an analysis of the lyrics of more than 12,000 English-language songs released between 1980-2020 (from the genres of rap, country, pop, R&B & rock) found that lyrics have become simpler, angrier, more repetitive & more self-obsessed over that period of time.