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TIL: Stressed pregnant mothers are twice as likely to have girls because male fetuses are more fragile and die off while females survive the harsh conditions.
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TIL birds are not descended from bird-hipped dinosaurs (Ornithischians,) but rather, lizard-hipped dinosaurs (Saurischians).
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TIL: Button cell battery names are actually codes include the chemistry, shape, diameter and thickness.
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TIL that putting spaces between words only started in the 7th century in Ireland
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TIL: about Nüshu, a chinese script exclusively used by women, that was almost lost after texts were destroyed during the Cultural Revolution.
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TIL there was staunch opposition when the EU gave feta cheese Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) status as a Greek product as countries such as Denmark produced similar products, arguing the term had become generic.
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TIL that during the First and Second World Wars there was a lot of debate regarding whether to attack defenceless enemy pilots and aircrew after they had escaped their stricken aircraft and were descending by parachute.
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TIL that the Siau Island Tarsier survives on just one tiny island in Indonesia, with an estimated 1,358-12,470 individuals left.
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TIL about William Brodie, a 18th century Scottish cabinet-maker, deacon of a trades guild, and Edinburgh city councillor who moonlighted as a burglar to support his two mistresses and a gambling addiction
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TIL: As of 2021, the average car has at least 150 million lines of code.
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TIL that your skeleton is constantly being rebuilt, and every 10 years you have almost an entirely new set of bones because bone-breaking and bone-building cells never stop working.
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TIL of Shanidar Cave in Iraq, where Neanderthals intentionally buried some of their dead and supported disabled group members ~65,000 to 45,000 years ago.
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TIL that after traveling for more than 48 years at a speed of over 61,000 km/h, Voyager 1 still hasn't traveled a distance of even one light-day from Earth.
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TIL that a young woman named Victoria von Hohenlohe-Langenburg is currently the most titled aristocrat in the world.
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@todayilearned If anyone ever doubted that it's about the status of being The Ruling Class️, not the responsibility of actually doing the job...
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TIL that Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel, ages 15 and 16 respectively, were paid a combined total of $4000 in royalties by record promoter Sid Prosen for their first song, a 1959 original that hit #49 on the charts and sold 100,000 copies.
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TIL that the optimal shape for a lighting rod has been debated since the 18th century when British scientists claimed that they should have a rounded end, but American scientists argued that pointed was better.
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TIL that dozens of countries quietly “troll” each other by renaming the street right outside an embassy to send political messages.
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TIL that Women's Liberation protestors in the 1960's never actually burned a bra, and that the story was concocted by conservative media.
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TIL when Monty Python's Life of Brian was released in 1979, its religious satire subject matter was highly controversial.
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TIL José Salvador Alvarenga is the first person in recorded history to have survived in a small boat lost at sea for more than a year.
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