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oBZNo TIL that in the 60’s 15 children were split up from their biological twin/ triplet for a study on nature vs. nurture and 20% of them committed suicide
1adAV TIL: In a village in India, an Indian robin had made a nest and laid her eggs on the village's switchboard. The village decided to go without street lights for over a month for the safety of the bird and to allow her eggs to hatch. After 45 days, the bird and its hatchlings safely flew away.
0dbOp TIL there's a millipede named after Taylor Swift. The leader of the team who discovered it named it as such for two reasons: 1. Taylor Swift's music helped him through graduate school and, 2. the millipede is only found in Tennessee which is Taylor Swift's home state.
E1Wr0 TIL Troglomorphism is the morphological adaptation of an animal to living in the constant darkness of caves, characterised by features such as loss of pigment, reduced eyesight or blindness, and frequently with attenuated bodies and/or appendages.
b6g9N TIL that the Fair Labor Standards Act -- which prohibits child labor in the United States -- does not apply to agricultural jobs. An estimated 79,000 children produce about 25% of the picking harvest in USA.