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Today I Learned: in the first two weeks after birth, female babies may menstruate due to the drop off in estrogen after leaving their mother’s body

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9Yxm7 TIL that the name Caligula is a childhood nickname that roughly translates to “little boots” or “bootikins.” The infamous emperor, whose real name was Gaius, hated it.
XpDj TIL that the artificial sweetener Sucralose (Splenda) was discovered when a researcher misheard a command to “Test this chemical” as “taste this chemical”.
oBgeo TIL birds are immune to hot peppers.
6ErAZ TIL when in 1962 a poll was done to find the best Merseyside band, The Beatles became #1 after most-voted band, Rory Storm & the Hurricanes, had 40 votes declared void for having the same handwriting & sender area. However, the pollsters didn't notice The Beatles also had multiple fraudulent votes.
ANljl TIL July 13th is "Jeff Goldblum Day" as officially declared by the Pittsburgh City Council in 2004