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TIL that Roman fathers were allowed to kill their children

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kdV5 TIL there is a metal band called Hatebeak whose lead singer is an African grey parrot.
ADjen TIL Archaeologists excavating a cave in the mountains of central Mexico have unearthed evidence that people occupied the area more than 30,000 years ago — suggesting that humans arrived in North America at least 15,000 years earlier than thought
wLZoJ TIL that the one of the Romanov’s dogs survived the family’s execution and lived out the remainder of his life in exile in Britain.
6EMA8 TIL sea otters have the densest fur in the world, with around 140,000 hairs per sq cm
pY6pG TIL that James Doohan, the actor who played Scotty on Star Trek, came up with the sound and tone of the Klingon Language for Star Trek The Motion Picture. A linguist, Marc Okrand, later used those lines created by Doohan to turn it into an actual language.