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TIL that wild Parrots actually name their children, and that name sticks for life.

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R908 TIL that the prophet Muhammad married his third wife, Aisha, when she was 6 (or 7) years old and he was 53. Their marriage was consummated when she was 9 years old.
pYGlO TIL children exposed to unstable housing had more frequent adverse childhood experiences and, later in life, higher risks of depression, suicide attempts, alcoholism, and smoking
nWoPP TIL the inventor of the "pop up" later apologized for his invention after seeing how his creation had been used for pop-up advertising
JYoDl TIL In Ghana, imported second-hand clothing is known as 'obroni wawo', or 'dead white man's clothes.'
BrQDe TIL a town bully was killed in Skidmore & 40+ people witnesses it but claimed they saw nothing. “ I can’t think of anyone who’d seen it (the shooting) feel any different than you would about the people who invented penicillin. Nobody tried to hang them for finding a way to kill a germ,” said one.