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TIL around 50 wild yellow-headed amazons live in the German city of Stuttgart, the only population outside of the Americas. It is unclear how they survive the winters.

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gMg7b TIL scientists accidentally dumped sperm from a paddlefish on sturgeon eggs, creating a hybrid “sturddlefish”. Crossing of the two fish was considered impossible as their closest common ancestor dates back more than 180 million years and the two species have no chance of meeting in the wild.
yQlep TIL that 80 years ago in this day Georg Esler tried to kill Hitler with a time bomb. For climate reasons Hitler left the building early than expected and the bomb exploded only 13 minutes after his departure. Everything could have been different.
4kXda TIL Vladimir Nabokov, author of Lolita, admitted to being "prejudice" against women. He wrote to Edmund Wilson: "I dislike Jane Austen, and am prejudiced, in fact against all women writers. They are in another class." However, he changed his mind after reading Mansfield Park by Jane Austen.
69bOW TIL that astronomers observed a spot on Jupiter between 1665 and 1713, but there were no further mentions of a spot until 1831. Scientists believe that the two spots were likely different phenomena, in which case the current Great Red Spot would only be around 200 years old.
Z8xYv TIL of Private Sean Benton, one of four young Army recruits to die at Deepcut Barracks between 1995-2002. He died of five gunshot wounds to the chest. His death was ruled a suicide.