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TIL Female Golden Eagles , are used by Mongolian shepherds to defend against wolves.

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Bgm7x TIL a Parasitoid is a parasite that kills its host
NXkE8 TIL Korn band made an appearance in the Monk show (I love both, btw)
Oo0Ng TIL the Skipper’s real name on Gilligan’s Island was Jonas Grumby, but it was rarely mentioned after the pilot episode.
p8EXG TIL that firing squads would always have one gun shooting a blank. This ensures that no one in the group is able to know for sure which of them fired the fatal round, deterring some of the guilt.
N70o6 TIL that in 1994 a Maryland man was mummified using ancient Egyptian techniques in order to learn more about the mummification process.