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TIL when the Comanche shaman White Eagle’s magic failed to protect his warriors in battle, they renamed him Coyote Vagina

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QvKk TIL that the CEO of In-N-Out Burger is 32 years old and worth 1.1 billion dollars
pb84 TIL Russian scientist Alexandra Elbakyan created SciHub - a ‘Pirate Bay’ for scientific knowledge - and refuses to take it down while facing legal threats from the US
Zp4Ga TIL controversy was created in 2011 when a Spanish toy company exported the Breast Milk Baby Doll to the US. The doll, intended to teach girls nurturing skills, came with a halter top which had two sensors that girls would wear to imitate the act of breastfeeding the doll. Some parents were outraged
lovGB TIL of a WWII wedding dress that is made of the parachute material that saved the groom's life. Maj Claude Hensinger was a bomber pilot flying over Japan in 1944 when his B-29's engine caught fire and he and his crew were forced to evacuate the plane, doing so with this parachute.
D14Mr TIL that linoleum is made of only natural ingredients, like flaxseed oil, pine resin, wood flour, cork dust, calcium carbonate and natural pigments, which makes it a very environmental friendly flooring, on the contrary to vinyl with which it is often confused.