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TIL The chances of cracking open a double-yolked egg are 1/1000.

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4X8kR TIL that the little slits on the outside of a cat’s ears are called Henry’s Pocket, and no one is quite sure why they’re there.
xmj1 TIL that a 13-year-old boy from Qom, Iran, called Hossein Fahmideh disabled an Iraqi tank and halted the advance of an entire Iraqi tank column at the cost of his life in Kermanshah. He later was awarded the 1st Grade Fath medal (posthumously) and the date of his death is now a holiday in Iran.
Jeej TIL in ‘92, a ship from China lost 29,000 rubber ducks in the Pacific Ocean. After some washed ashore in Alaska, oceanographers started tracking their progress to learn about ocean currents. Ducks were found in Asia, Australia, the Americas, even Europe. Some were frozen in the Arctic for 15 years.
wLrZ8 TIL Nils Bejerot, the scientist who coined the term 'Stockholm Syndrome', never interviewed any of the women who were hostages from the bank robbery.
yVZ6p TIL the Lincoln Highway (1910s) made driving across America easier. However, muddy or flooded roads were expected and drivers needed camping gear. The road guide included tips for each town. E.g. Fish Springs, Utah travelers could "build a sagebrush fire" for a local team to find/rescue them.