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TIL "brunet" is the masculine version of "brunette"

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5VDmk TIL babies cant taste salt until around 3 months old. But when they develop the the ability to, they show a preference for salty water.
o7rK TIL that Ben Franklin had 10+ bodies buried in his basement, which he probably obtained via the black market, in order to study human anatomy.
N740P TIL a jogger in Maine once drowned a rabid raccoon in a puddle after it latch onto her finger and would not release.
dOQK TIL “i.e.” isn’t shorthand for “for example”, and actually means “in other words”. Whereas “e.g.” should be used to say “for example”
WpEA TIL the City of Madison, Wisconsin designated the plastic pink flamingo as the official city bird