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TIL that Sylvia Browne, a reoccurring talk show psychic, incorrectly "predicted" that Amanda Berry was dead while she was in fact alive and imprisoned with 2 other women and a child

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9pe6 TIL starving to death can be ‘peaceful’ and 'euphoric’
kjLd TIL some birds search for prey during wildfires and are even in suspicion on propagating them. “Ornithogenic Fire: Raptors as Propagators of Fire in the Australian Savanna”
50ek TIL that in 2008, 4chan made Apple’s market cap drop nearly $5 billion with a prank of Steve Jobs death
4XpwX TIL that sperm counts have declined by 59% in males living in developed countries. No single reason has been established, though fertility scientists blame stress, obesity, chemical exposure, and smoking.
RZX8 TIL that Aztec kings wore cloaks made entirely of hummingbird skins—it would take about 8,000 hummingbirds to create an adult-size cloak.