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TIL a study showed evidence that postmenopausal orcas protect their sons from fighting other orcas, while similar behavior was not observed towards their daughters. Analysis of nearly 7K pics taken over almost 50 yrs, concluded the effect of fewer socially inflicted scars only existed on their sons.

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YpwKr TIL the "Lockheed Flatbed" was a proposed flatbed airplane designed for bulky cargo such as military jeeps or tanks
OGAMR TIL: In China, Mei Nü, or "Nowhere girls" refer to women who have money, no job, no education, no prospects, no looks, no friends, and no sophistication. The causes have linked to familial trauma or over pampering and spoiled leading to difficulties finding employment.
4xJ5 TIL Anderson Cooper has no formal training as a journalist and interned at the CIA before taking up the profession
worZ6 TIL that "Crystal Glass" is refractive because it's made with Lead Oxide.
KOxwR TIL that one of the slogans of the 1972 Nixon campaign was "They can't lick our Dick".