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TIL sometimes pregnant women turn their toilet seats blue or purple!

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9GvD TIL children who learn a musical instrument begin to hear and process sounds that they couldn’t otherwise hear. This helps them develop “neurophysiological distinction” between certain sounds that can aid in literacy.
6ZJl TIL MTV’s “Clone High” cartoon was cancelled when people in India conducted a massive hunger strike after Googling a Maxim article depicting Gandhi, and coming across the cartoon, which featured Gandhi as a character.
VaXQ TIL During filming of Return of The Jedi, Carrie Fisher would get concerned for the 11 y/o. actor who played Wicket. She fed him milk and cookies in between takes to make sure he wasn’t getting overheated.
Da8V TIL that Red Lobster lost ~3.5 million dollars on its Endless Snow Crab deal in 2003
rP4w TIL the US presidential veto has a 96% success rate. Of 2574 vetoes Congress has only overturned 111.