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TIL Same-Sex Behavior is common among 1,500 animal species (everything from mammals to crabs and worms). It has consistently been underreported and rarely published even though it is widespread and natural in the animal kingdom.

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16EnX TIL Cyndi Lauper's mother, Catrine, appeared in the music videos for 'Girls Just Want to Have Fun', 'Time After Time', and 'The Goonies 'R' Good Enough', in which she played the role of Cyndi Lauper's mother.
woVv7 TIL in 2001, the Japanese emperor admitted the ancient Korean blood (Baekje royal family) in the "unbroken" imperial line of Japan, and Korean influence in the formative years (7~9th century) of Japan. In Korea it became front-page news, while in Japan most media stayed silent
Z8eVB TIL in 1990, Dr. Mary-Claire King discovered the human gene BRCA1 which is linked to breast cancer. Soon after, Myriad Genetics cloned and patented it. She was sent a cease-and-desist letter to stop researching it. Finally in 2013, the US Supreme Court ruled that human genes cannot be patented.
9YMvQ TIL zip ties are color-coded to show their intended use. Black zip ties are resistant to UV radiation and made for outdoor use, blue zip ties are metal-detectable and used in the food industry, red zip ties have high resistance and are used in electronics, and white zip ties are general indoor use.
5eB TIL the youngest person to have been executed in the US was 14 years old. A bible was used to boost him up onto the electric chair, and his trial only lasted 2 and a half hours.