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TIL Theodor Seuss Geisel was caught drinking gin with 9 friends in college during Prohibition and was asked to resign from all extracurricular activities. To continue working on his college’s humor magazine he used the pen name “Suess”, which later became “Dr. Suess”.

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kNLB TIL that in 1986, when a five year old boy fell into a gorilla enclosure and lost consciousness, a male gorilla named Jambo stood between the boy and the other gorillas in a protective gesture, he even stroke the boy’s back. This incident helped create a positive public perception of gorillas.
nW8aY TIL the origin of the phrase “government cheese”
DAJP TIL Men traditionally walk with a woman on his left arm so that his sword arm would be free in case of a duel.
7rj9Z TIL that a Nature photographer, Kjell Bloch Sandved, curated a collection of butterfly and moth images with interesting patterns on their wings that resembled all 26 letters in the English alphabet, as well as the 10 single-digit numbers.
bLZp TIL that eggs are naturally safe to store without refridgeration. U.S. shoppers refridgerate them because North American egg cleaning procedures erode the egg’s cuticle, a protective layer preventing bacteria growth, thereby necessitating refridgeration.