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Today I learned that there is a hidden photo of a chihuahua on every Samsung phone.

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64pJ TIL that the word “yolk” is derived from an Old English word that means “yellow.” So egg white and egg yellow.
gMw7D TIL that historically, the first thing to break down in times of widespread calamity is the exchange of food between rural and urban areas, leading inevitably to food shortages.
YRYv TIL that when Pope John Paul II visited Chile, he asked a crowd of tens of thousands to refuse greed and consumerism –to which they replied «yes», to reject the idol of power, «yes», but when he asked them to reject the idol of «sex and pleasure», the whole stadium replied an outright «NO!»
jPOn TIL Condom failure rates includes times where people didn’t use a condom at all during intercourse
eOyg TIL In 1965 two astronauts on their way back to orbit played a joke on mission control, pretending to spot Santa in space.