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TIL 99.9% of calico cats are female due to the X chromosome.

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rErW TIL Brazil has never been on the losing side of a war.
6ENB7 TIL scientists attached stilts to the legs of ants to prove that they return to their nests by counting their steps. The ants with stilts overshot their nest by roughly 50% due to the new length of their steps.
epnW6 TIL that Major League Baseball pitcher Ed Porray is the only player in league history to not be born in a country. He was born on a fishing boat in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean on December 5th, 1888. His birth certificate lists "At sea, on the Atlantic Ocean" as his birthplace.
J4m4 TIL that the co-writer for “Batman V Superman”,David Goyer, admitted that ‘Batman Vs. Superman is where you go when you admit to yourself that you’ve exhausted all possibilities’
QNy7X TIL that the pancake ice, a collection of loose and plate ice crystals, features raised edges that is formed by slush on a turbulent water, different from other types of sea ice formed under calm conditions.