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TIL that California’s “safe surrender” law allows one parent to anonymously leave a baby at a hospital for adoption - and makes it illegal for the hospital to notify the other parent.

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m06P TIL that a dark mane on male lions is a sign of robustness and virility. Meaning Scar was way more attractive than Mufasa to the lady lions.
GYEm5 TIL That this day 125 years ago physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen becomes the first person to observe X-rays a significant scientific advancement that would ultimately benefit a variety of fields most of all medicine by making the invisible visible.
QJQa TIL obese people actually have a faster metabolism than normal weight or “thin” people.
1XVD TIL Kim Jong-il only ever publicly addressed the North Korean people once, in 1992 he said during a military parade “Glory to the officers and soldiers of the heroic Korean People’s Army!.” He never made another public speech again.
9Yk9r TIL That Yao Ming's conservation campaigns has led to a 50% drop in shark fin soup consumption in China. He is now working on poaching as well.