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TIL carats are for gemstone weight, while karats are for precious metal purity

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p8RAb TIL that children with the chromosomal abnormality William's syndrome are known to present with well developed verbal skills, extreme friendliness, and elf-like features.
85mG TIL Killer Whales are the apex predator of the sea. They can kill any other sea creature, including the Great White Shark, with a technique of flipping the shark upside down until it suffocates. Killer whales have minds of their own, high intelligence, and have no competition in the sea.
om88 TIL there is a company that sells ridiculously expensive mobile phones with the cheapest being about $9000
6EDAQ TIL about Stuckie, a dog that got stuck in a tree and hasn’t decayed in 60 years because it got naturally mummified
rZ5W TIL scientists believe that the primary cause of a puzzling decline in bee population is neonicotinoid pesticides. The pesticides–banned in Europe since 2013–decrease the sperm count of male bees by nearly 40 percent, as well as cutting their lifespan