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TIL: You CAN get pregnant twice. Superfetation is an extremely rare event that involves getting pregnant while you’re already pregnant.

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8eyDK TIL Scientists are close to achieving "de-extinction" projects using CRISPR technology, which could bring back extinct species like woolly mammoths and the Dodo bird
O8L6 TIL East Asians (Koreans, Chinese, and Japanese) have fewer apocrine sweat glands compared to people of other descent, and the lack of these glands make East Asians less prone to body odor.
5E59 TIL president James Madison was only 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighed less than 100 pounds.
jN4Ba TIL Englishman Dan Harris wanted to help bees struggling in urban areas such as on pavement with no flowers. So he crowdfunded "bee saviour" credit card sized feeders with 3 notches of beekeepers’ formula under a peel-off foil backing to sell for £4 via his not-for-profit co-op.
QJl76 TIL In Ancient Rome, the working class would evacuate entire cities in acts of revolt called "Secessions of the Plebeians." After leaving the elite to fend for themselves, commercial transactions would stop, and workshops would have to close.