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TIL that eating a tiny bit of mom's poop could give C-section babies an immune ‘primer'

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jNBeX TIL that Triboulet, jester of Francis I, saved his life thanks to his vivaciousness. After making fun of a king's mistress, he was sentenced to death and had to choose the way he would die. Sharp minded, he asked to die of old age, leaving the King voiceless his sentence was commuted to banishment.
4JN6 TIL: In 1978, Pop Rocks candy was bootlegged on the streets of NYC and an overheated load of Pop Rocks blew the doors open on a delivery truck
P6oZ TIL the Soviets suffered more casualties at the Battle of Stalingrad than the Americans did for the entirety of World War 2.
VM488 TIL that in 2018, Judge Judy made $147 million, and she films her show 52 days a year. Thus, in 2018 she made ~$2.8 million a day when working.
mxy6x TIL Tom DeLonge, the guitarist for Blink-182, co-founded To The Stars Academy, a company dedicated to studying fringe science and UFOs.