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TIL that condor can soar for 100 MILES without flapping its wings.

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J1Bml TIL of Tilikum (Tilly) - a killer whale responsible for 3 of the 4 recorded human deaths by a captive killer whale.
OoABe TIL that natural evolution did not create a chicken that lays so many unfertilized eggs. Human engineering created such chickens. You could call the process "human-caused evolution", "artificial selection", or "selective breeding".
9XQ TIL that Thomas Edison’s son Theodore has over 80 patents, went to MIT, and died in 1992.
apXJ TIL more unfortunate facts about Detroit. 1/3 of Detroit is either vacant or derelict, 47% of the residents are functionally illiterate, less than half of residents over 16 are employed, and 40% of the street lights do not work.
x6117 TIL that THC can be detected and quantified in the semen of men who are chronic users of inhaled cannabis.