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TIL: The reason Onions make you cry is because of a defense mechanism they have evolved against predatory animals which would otherwise eat them

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1raP TIL someone who owns and runs a restaurant is a ‘restaurateur’ (no N), not a 'restauranteur’.
oBny7 TIL that in the original Little Mermaid novel, the mermaid’s legs constantly feel as if she is walking on sharp knives. The prince likes to watch her dance, which she does for him, despite excruciating pain. Then he marries someone else and the mermaid kills herself.
JYV1V TIL that the Northern Rhodesia Regiment used the motto "Different in Race, Equal in Fidelity"
yrP8 TIL enough people are so certain that the “Berenstain Bears” were once spelled “Berenstein” that it has sparked a theory that they’re from a parallel universe.
5YBY8 TIL Yuba City, CA had a population of wild chickens. I encountered some of them today.