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TIL in the entire "Treehouse of Horror" series on "The Simpsons" only the first episode actually takes place in a treehouse

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l71Ar TIL In many studies, children with myopic parents have been shown to be more likely myopic compared with those with non-myopic parents. However, There seems to be no genetic linkage between low and high myopia or degree of vision problems
e0PE6 TIL that in 1962, elephant bones were discovered under the Vatican. Decades later, it was discovered that they were the bones of Pope Leo X's pet elephant Hanno, who died in 1516 after doctors (in an attempt to treat constipation) inserted a gold enema up its rectum.
woNW7 TIL in 2019 Robert Kirkman ended 'The Walking Dead' comic book series (source of a multibillion-dollar franchise) without any warning at all when he concluded issue #193 with a letter explaining it was over. He had ended it on his own terms, while partly concerned he lacked the material to continue.
P1L5V TIL that Rickey Henderson was so proud of earning a million dollar signing bonus that he had the check framed instead of cashing it. He saved the envelopes of cash teams gave players for per diem expenses, allowing his kids to pick them out of a box when they did well in school
epjaL TIL a 1978 study had students approach strangers & ask to have sex. 75% of men said yes; zero women did. But a 2015 study made sure its participants believed they could accept offers of sex without fear of what might happen to them; it found when society isn’t judging, women's sex drive rivals men's