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TIL rock legend Geddy Lee’s name was actually inspired by his Polish mother’s mispronunciation of his given name, Gary.

by whatilearned August 23, 2022, 3:36 pm

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TIL about a groom market that has been operating in the Indian state of Bihar for 700 years. Girls with mothers and sisters come here once a year to choose future husbands. The top candidates are engineers and doctors. The age of a potential spouse directly affects his value, which goes up to $3700.

by whatilearned August 22, 2022, 4:12 pm

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How many jewish mothers does it take to change a lightbulb?

by cringeyjokesman August 11, 2022, 7:47 pm

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what do they call small mothers in the UK?

by cringeyjokesman July 31, 2022, 5:10 pm

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TIL of Jack Gilbert Graham, bombed his mothers flight to claim life insurance he purchased from a vending machine at the airport.

by whatilearned July 31, 2022, 6:46 am

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TIL Gloria Williams, who pleaded guilty to posing as a hospital employee and abducting Kamiyah Mobley from her mother’s arms in the maternity ward, was sentenced to 18 years, which was the length of time Mobley was separated from her birth family.

by whatilearned July 25, 2022, 8:52 pm

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TIL Darwin suffered a curious denial about his mother’s death, once writing in a condolence letter “never in my life having lost one near relation” and during a Scrabble-like game, when another player added ‘M’ to ‘OTHER’, he stared long at the board then cried: ‘There’s no such word as M-OTHER!’.

by whatilearned July 23, 2022, 3:12 am

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TIL that Psyche, the Greek goddess of the soul, was so beautiful that Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty, lost worshippers to her. Aphrodite sent her son, Eros, to curse Psyche, but Eros fell in love with her beauty and spared Psyche from his mother’s wrath.

by whatilearned July 21, 2022, 5:36 am

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TIL that baby kangaroos are born as fetuses and climb into their mothers pouches to finish gestation. Mother kangaroos can suspend their pregnancies and produce four different types of specialized milk at one time to satisfy the developmental needs of individual offspring.

by whatilearned July 20, 2022, 7:01 am

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A man is visiting his mother’s grave at the cemetery.

by cringeyjokesman July 15, 2022, 8:43 pm

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TIL that newborn foals have soft “tentacles” on their hooves. It’s to protect the mother’s uterus and birth canal from the sharp edges during pregnancy and birth.

by whatilearned July 4, 2022, 10:17 am

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TIL about a species of caecilian called the Boulengerula taitanus. Mothers of this species develop an outer layer of skin that’s rich in nutrients after laying their eggs. Once hatched, their offspring use specialised teeth to peel and eat this outer layer of their mother’s modified skin.

by whatilearned June 25, 2022, 11:43 am

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