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TIL shipping children through parcel post service was initially legal in the United States. The U.S. Post Office banned the practice in 1920.

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Y6rr TIL humans are unable to burp in zero gravity environments.
DQBkY TIL that if America’s coastal watershed counties were considered an individual country, they would rank number three in GDP globally, behind the U.S. as a whole and China. [economic value of living near water]
GLd1 TIL There is an episode of The Cosby Show, where after consuming Cosby’s “special barbecue sauce”, women stop fighting, become passive, and become more affectionate towards their lovers.
MeA70 TIL that a cafe in Japan is hiring paralysed people to to control robot servers in order to still make an income.
R4R4 TIL Emilia Clarke, the actress who plays Daenerys Targaryen (Khaleesi) in Game of Thrones, also voiced Dr. Zoidberg’s lover in Stench and Sensibility (Futurama).