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TIL that Oklahoma’s state vegetable is a watermelon

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vPYOB TIL that in almost all species of birds, only the left ovary is functional. Although the female embryo has two ovaries, the right one typically is nonfunctional in the adult bird.
9ErM TIL in 2014, an 8-year-old boy named Tyler Doohan, saved 6 members of his family from his burning house before finally succumbing to the fire himself while trying to save the last victim, his disabled grandfather.
yQRlX TIL if your car turn signal clicking sound is faster than usual, it is telling you that one if your turn signal bulb 💡 is out. 🤯
0w7e5 TIL In Italy they can ask you a certification of "being alive". People can self-certificate of being alive. Death can't be self-certificated, though.
Y8Br TIL Humans have a lot more than 5 senses, including balance, pressure, hunger and the ability to detect magnetic fields