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TIL that America donates the most per capita to charity than any other country.

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BgVGx TIL that mucus is more than just snot and boogers. Fish use it on their skin to fight microbes; snails and slugs use it to move, stay moist, and cover their eggs; hagfish use it in slime to deter predators; and larval lampreys use it when they're feeding.
8aDJG TIL that while Mickey Mouse's debut Steamboat Willie is now one of the most famous cartoons ever made, the main feature attached to it, Gang War, was completely forgotten and is now lost.
wL6n1 TIL that Kiefer Sutherland (TV series "24") provided the facial motion capture and English voices for Big Boss and Venom Snake in the video games "Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes" and "Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain".
e08jJ TIL the first baby stroller was made in 1733. The Duke of Devonshire asked architect William Kent to build a means of transport for his young children, and Kent constructed a shell shaped basket on wheels for children to sit in. It was richly decorated, and meant to be pulled by a goat or small pony
PYJRe TIL about Selli Engler, a prominent member of the Lesbian Movement in Interwar Germany, until 1931 when she joined the Nazi party.