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TIL breast implants have serial numbers for body identification purposes

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kJLyg TIL that 89 percent of Greenland's population of 57,695 is Greenlandic Inuit
nQK9 TIL that after poachers kill large mammals the presence of vultures overhead can warn rangers that a kill happened. So the poachers poison the carcasses for the vultures. This is causing a large decline in the vulture populations and leading to increased levels of disease.
X0O4D TIL of Deli Mike, a Turkish Airlines Airbus A340 notable for her temperamental behavior. Known for “pranking” passengers and crew, she would turn lights on and off and refuse to retract the landing gear seemingly at random. One story went that staff fixed a faulty instrument panel by talking to her.
oKko TIL that just one white European has ever run a 100m race in under 10 seconds.
yVYbw TIL that the biggest butterfly in the world has a 31cm wingspan. It belongs to the Queen Alexandra's Birdwing butterfly, which you can find in the forests of the Oro Province, in the east of Papua New Guinea.