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TIL that Maya Rudolph's mom is the legendary Minnie Riperton, who sang the song Loving You. Minnie was referring to Maya at the end of the song. Minnie Riperton passed away at the age of 31 due to breast cancer.

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M7NeW TIL about Coarsegold, California which holds an annual Tarantula Festival to coincide with Tarantula mating season. The festival includes tarantula racing, a competition for the hairiest legs of both men and women, and a pumpkin dessert contest.
1agjV TIL When 5 experts were given fingerprints that, unbeknownst to them, they had deemed a “match” earlier in their career, and told that these were from a suspect of the Madrid train bombings, 4 of the 5 experts now said that they didn't match, suggesting their judgement is affected by the context.
wLWdY TIL of guevedoces--genetic males in a small community in the Dominican Republic that are born with a vagina instead of a penis. At puberty, the vagina fuses into a fully-functioning penis and scrotum.
ANRj7 TIL that the largest building in the state of Kentucky is a 4-million sq ft cavern underground. The former limestone mine, called "Mega Cavern," meets the definition of a building due to its support structures. Multiple attractions inside are open to the public year-round.
J1p71 TIL after losing her position in her university's anatomy department in 1938, Rita Levi-Montalcini set up a laboratory in her bedroom and studied the growth of nerve fibers in chicken embryos. This work led to her discovery of nerve growth factor, for which she was awarded a Nobel Prize in 1986.