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TIL Africanized bee, known as Killer bees, are breed hybrids that accidentally escaped lab quarantine and since then have spread throughout the Americas.

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E1KVd TIL about Miyuki Ishikawa, a midwife and a serial killer who murdered at least 103 babies born to impoverished parents. When she was caught, her sentence was four years in prison.
M7RX0 TIL Feral cats with a clipped ear are part of a Trap-Neuter-Return program
e0Lnb TIL Owls have asymmetrical ear openings with one ear slightly higher than the other. Due to this, owls will hear sounds at two slightly different times. This adaptation, along side their farsightedness and densely packed retinal rods, aid in locating prey at night and low light situationsđŸ¦‰
gB6W TIL Fred Waldo “The Great Impostor” pretended to be a surgeon in a Navy ship during the Korean War. When 16 severely wounded soldiers showed up, he speed-read the various surgeries he needed to perform, including major chest surgery. All soldiers survived.
E19Gp TIL that on Sunday, February 7, 1932, US Adm. Harry E. Yarnell launched a successful surprise "attack" against Pearl Harbor using two aircraft carriers in a naval exercise. He "destroyed" every ship in port and every airfield nearby. The US made no effort to safeguard Hawaii from aircraft attack