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TIL that there is an opposite of ambidextrous called ambisinister, which means you suck equally with both hands.

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neZKP TIL of the "first night effect". During the first night in unfamiliar surroundings the left side of the brain stays awake and the right ear, which is connected to the left side of the brain, remains more alert to unusual sounds.
neL8B TIL about Antinatalism a philosophy that argues that life is so painful that humans should not reproduce.
EONX TIL Philo T. Farnsworth, the creator of the television, hated his invention until he saw the moon landing broadcasted on it in 1969.
0d06R TIL that a British-born man from San Francisco named Joshua Norton declared himself "Emperor of the United States" in 1859.
BgpXL TIL FDR's Fala Speech, inwhich Roosevelt defended his dog's honor from false accusations, was by Orson Welles. Welles had a history of sending in ideas for FDR and ad-libbed the original Fala joke for the President.