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TIL whales evolved from a small four legged mouse like creature called an Indohyus.

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mx0Wy TIL about David Vetter, a child who lived with a severely weakened immune system meaning that he spent the majority of his life inside a sterile bubble. In 1997 researchers from NASA create a specialized space suit for him, allowing him to walk outside his bubble for the first time.
jNGrp TIL that inter-species hybrids among birds are common. Chickens and pheasants can reproduce, and 40 mallard duck hybrids have been identified
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gMROX TIL because NATO's Article 6 covers only member states' islands in the North Atlantic north of the Tropic of Cancer, plus French Algeria. An attack on the U.S. state of Hawaii would not trigger the treaty, but an attack on the other 49 would.
WkdVL TIL the US President can order the military to seize possession of an unclaimed island anywhere in the world if it is found to be covered in bird poo