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TIL that females may be attracted towards promiscuous males because that would increase her sons’ future breeding successes, a phenomenon known as the Sexy Son Hypothesis.

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neWX9 National Geographic explorer Luke Powell tells you about some of the worst bird parents out there – brood parasites. These birds don’t build nests, but sneak their eggs into other birds’ nests and fly.
1vd4 TIL Bob Barker learned karate from Chuck Norris and continued to train until he was in his 70s, when he decided that “the time had come to exercise more lightly.”
nWVrb TIL That when Depression era Louisiana governor Huey Long was assassinated, he flagged down a taxi to take him to the hospital where he died of internal injuries.
dD75r TIL about Ectopia Cordis, a rare condition where a baby’s heart forms outside the chest. One notable case is Audrina Cardenas, born in 2012, who survived after surgery to place her heart back inside her body.
4X4kN TIL after falling out with her son, Elton John’s mother hired an Elton John tribute act to play at her 90th birthday party.