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TIL:Cats "Blep," or stick their tongue out when they are further analyzing interesting scents.

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BrxMr TiL : A Swedish couple won the right to name their children Metallica, Lego, and Elvis in 2008 due to Swedish naming laws preventing embarrassing names for children, a similar case failed in 1996 when a couple tried to name their child Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116 (pronounced Albis)
vPZg7 TIL 'Diepil' is a word that describes a parent who's lost a child
0wVXM TIL GenX, is a known toxic chemical added into non-stick pans after a similar toxic chemical PFOA was banned due to causing cancers/birth-defects etc.
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R7AKj TIL One of the earliest quotations of the saying "Fortune favors the brave" came from Pliny the Elder, who said it before setting sail towards the erupting Mount Vesuvius, where he was killed instantly