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TIL babies in every country say "mama"

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Ooev7 TIL after finding a bloodied and dazed 14 year old boy with a drilled hole in his head, police returned him to the serial killer he just escaped from, assuming it was just a quarrel between two lovers
d5RQ TIL General Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia, on the march north to Gettysburg, captured free black men and sent them south into slavery
ep0lD TIL mammalian placentas have the genes of both parents. The mother's side of the placenta contains her genes but on the embryo's side are paternally imprinted causing what animal breeders call the "Paternal Grandsire Effect" causing certain traits to skip a generation.
OGYLR TIL In the month after media coverage of plane accidents, road traffic and road accidents in the U.S. increase. For every article published about a plane accident in a major news source, 1.3 additional road accidents happen the next month.
Zpnya TIL that student evaluations on RateMyProfessors have almost no correlation with professor gender but extremely high correlation with professor "hotness"