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TIL that Tiger shark embryos fight each other in their mother’s womb. The survivor is born.

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oRBwr TIL the aboriginal tradition of firestick burning by their ancestors disrupted Australia's ancient ecosystem, ending the monsoon season, killing the megafauna, and turning the inland forests into desert.
0w471 TIL "Blah Blah Blah" saying came from Ancient Greece. The term was "bar bar bar". Taken from the same root as barbarian, it implied the words beings spoken were "meaningless noises",
vPwkD TIL Lego donates model MRI kits to hospitals to help children understand the procedure and reduce their anxiety
Omy6 TIL that “MAS*H” audiences were so upset that character Col. H. Blake was killed when his plane was shot down over the Sea of Japan that actor McLean Stevenson appeared in a skit on The Cher Show afterwards in a lifeboat saying, “I’m OK! I’m OK!”
R5poj TIL that English poet Robert Southey was expelled from Westminster School for writing an article attributing the invention of flogging to the Devil.