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TIL Ruth Handler, inventor of Barbie doll, struggled to find a good breast prosthesis after her breast surgery. So she manufactured more realistic version called 'Nearly me'.

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1aWoV TIL newborns are "obligate nose breathers" meaning that they can only breathe through their nose for the first few months of their life.
xVKvD TIL that the cheapest and cleanest means of transport for scientists in the Antarctica is a tent on a sled powered by a giant Kite
l7Dpa TIL of the Canal of the Pharaohs, which was the ancient forerunner of the Suez Canal, which was first built sometime in the 7th Century BC and was used until 767 AD.
kOQlW TIL that in Japan you can hire someone to seduce your spouse (or anyone else)
rND4M TIL that on 8th May 1945 on "Victory in Europe Day", the princesses Elizabeth and Margaret secretly slipped out of Buckingham Palace to join London’s jubilant crowds. Queen Elizabeth later described this as “one of the most memorable nights of my life.”