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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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Ww5N TIL that a company in the UK uses the foreskins of circumcised babies to develop an anti-wrinkle cosmetic treatments
kJP8E TIL that it was practically illegal to own gold in the US from 1933 to 1974. Roosevelt signed an Executive Order to force all citizens to turn in almost all gold for about $20 per ounce, then declared the value of $20 in gold to be worth $35 in paper currency - creating a massive inflation.
N7Dle TIL the largest native ethnic minority in Japan are the Ryukyuan People, who are the native inhabitants of Okinawa. They number around 1.25 Million people.
oOn7 TIL back in 2008 Microsoft offered to buy Yahoo for $44.6 billion. Yahoo declined and Bing was created.
74Vr TIL that Sesame Street is not the longest-running children’s TV show in the world. It is actually Blue Peter, a British entertainment show on the BBC. It started in 1958 and has had 37 different presenters.