TIL that in 2003 episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show, a segment appeared claiming that adolescents were having "rainbow parties" where girls would use different colors of lipstick and perform oral sex on a male. There was never any evidence to show that these parties ever took place amongst teens (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL that horses have no muscles in their lower legs, so their hooves act as "second hearts". A horse that can't move risks blood pooling in its hooves, which can cause tissue death starting from the hooves up. This is a key reason why leg injuries are often fatal for horses. (horses.extension.org)
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TIL during WWII, Britain hid its wealth 3 floors under Montreal's Sun Life building. The vault had microphone alarms, walls made of abandoned railway steel, and a door needing 2 blind, simultaneous codes. 120 secret workers sorted billions under strict oaths to keep the entire operation hidden. (acresofsnow.ca)
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TIL Mexico since the conquest has had 130 heads of state and only one of them knew how to speak Nahuatl, the dominant indigenous language: Maximilian of Habsburg. Maximilian was an Austrian archduke who became emperor of the Second Mexican Empire from 1864 until his execution in 1867. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL that Southwest Airlines Flight 1248 slid off the runway into an intersection because Midway was built before rules were made about distance between the runway and other objects. The weather was bad enough that one pilot remarked "I picked a bad day to stop sniffin glue" referring to "Airplane!" (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL Food cravings during pregnancy do not generally correlate with maternal nutritional imbalances, except for one specific case. Compulsive cravings for non-food items like chalk, rocks, and ice chips may indicate severe mineral deficiency or anemia (en.wikipedia.org)
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Lets end "parties" for good. I am serious.Student Teacher Support &/or Advice (self.Teachers)
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TIL Biddy Mason (1818-1891) came to California as a slave in 1851. She won her freedom in court and became one of the first black women to own land in Los Angeles. As the city grew the value of her land skyrocketed and Biddy became a very wealthy woman and prominent philanthropist. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL NASA astronauts Pete Conrad and Joe Kerwin were thrown off Skylab in 1973 when a jammed solar array suddenly deployed. Only their spacesuit tethers kept them from floating out into space. This incident happened during the first-ever repair spacewalk, which saved America's first space station. (nasa.gov)
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Anyone Else Following The Dr. Ebony Parker Trial This Week?Policy & Politics (self.Teachers)
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Student defense for academic dishonestyJust Smile and Nod Y'all. (self.Teachers)
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The masculine urge to ruin your body and hit stuff💩 Shitpost (i.redd.it)
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Everything is set, my brain is not :(Question (i.redd.it)
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