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TIL that a hippo's sweat is pink and acts as sunscreen.

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6N6Y TIL that in Detroit during the 1930’s, a man named Joseph Figlock was walking down the street when a baby fell from a window and landed on Figlock, neither was harmed. A year later, Figlock was walking down the same street when the same baby fell from the window onto him again, neither was harmed.
bLm7 TIL that women apologize more often than men, though men and women are equally as likely to apologize for a given offense; men just have a higher threshold for what is considered offensive
nX5B TIL that Weezer’s second album ‘Pinkerton’ was voted the 3rd worst album of the year by Rolling Stone readers in 1996. Six years later it was voted the 16th best album of all time.
XpaD TIL Pareidolia is a type of illusion or misperception involving a vague or obscure stimulus being perceived as something clear and distinct. For example, in the discolorations of a burnt tortilla one sees the face of Jesus.
AD0ll TIL that King Tut was mummified with his penis erect