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TIL the little paper ribbon on Herhey Kisses is called a “NigglyWiggly”

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Brpgb TIL Humans are the only primates with white in their eyes, which makes it easier to follow another human's gaze
mxPov TIL that one-fourth of all of the bones in your body are in your feet—which are made up of 26 bones and 33 joints each—for a grand total of 52 bones in each foot.
p4OO TIL that on 4 Dec of the Year 292,277,026,596, 64-bit versions of the Unix time stamp will cease to work. This is not anticipated to pose a problem, however, as this is considerably longer than the time it would take the Sun to theoretically expand to a red giant and swallow the earth.
6E4ww TIL that humor is one of four core defense mechanisms classified as "mature." The three others are sublimation, altruism, and suppression. For this reason, individuals who have endured significant trauma often have a keen sense of a humor. In other words, the trauma adds a little spice.
8a9kG TIL in 1994, Hulk Hogan's agent left a voicemail saying, "I’ve got a grill and I’ve got a blender, which one do you want to pick?" Hogan couldn't answer the phone because he was picking up his kids up from school so his agent offered the grill endorsement to another client, George Foreman.