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TIL giraffes are 30 times more likely to be hit by a lightning than people

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b6Pb4 TIL in 2011 a wolf known as OR-7 was electronically tracked migrating more than 1,000 miles "presumably in search of a mate." He became the first confirmed wild wolf in western Oregon since 1947 & the first in California since 1924. By 2015, he, a mate & their offspring were called the "Rogue Pack."
wL0oE TIL People with lazy eye (amblyopia) are not lazy but they can’t control the way their eyes work. Common in children, it develops when there’s a breakdown in how the brain and the eye work together, and the brain can’t recognize the sight from 1 eye
5VPlr TIL There are more redwoods in the UK than in California. Many were planted in the Victorian era and are still growing taller.
rjg4 TIL There is a Star Wars comic called Into the Great Unknown in which Han Solo and Chewbacca crash into Earth after using Hyperspace blindly. Native Americans kill Han, and his body is discovered by Indiana Jones 126 years later while searching for Sasquatch—which turns out to be Chewbacca.
b6y97 TIL that according to a popular superstition, it is considered bad luck for a groom to see his bride's dress before the actual day of the wedding.