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TIL Our nose and our ears get bigger with age, but not because they are growing - because of gravity and the breakdown of collagen

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ep4GJ TIL: Leona Helmsley, was dubbed "The Queen of Mean". She came from an immigrant family and in her late 40s became a real estate mogul going from new millionaire to billionaire in the next 2 decades. She was known for being abusive and left $5 billion to dog charities and more to her dogs than kids.
R7xWl TIL The Snake Pass Inn in Northern England was originally called the Snake Inn, but is now named after the pass itself, which in turn was named after the inn.
Z90B TIL that a lost wallet is more likely to be returned if you have a photo of a baby in it. In a 2009 study, 88% of wallets with a baby photo were returned, followed by wallets with a photo of a puppy (53%), family (48%) and an old couple (28%). Only 15% of control wallets were returned.
QJvle TIL that bats are a symbol of good fortune in China.
ZpD1v TIL that in the late 1800's and early 1900's, gambling on US elections was extremely widespread. In New York, the amount of money spent on betting on elections would often exceed the total trading in stocks and bonds. Since there weren't modern polls, betting odds were how newspaper predicted races.