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TIL red kiwi fruit have been spawned
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TIL the song “Every Breath You Take,” was inspired partially by Orwell’s 1984. Sting himself has expressed dismay that people think it’s about love and commitment, when he was writing about obsession and control.
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TIL that two of the world’s largest rivers, the Amazon and the Rio Negro, meet but do not mix and are visually distinct but occupy the same body of water. This is due to the rivers’ different speeds and temperatures.
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TIL the deadliest animal on Earth is the mosquito and they kill around 725,000 people annually. Humans are the second deadliest, killing 475,000 and they are followed by snakes with 50,000 and dogs with 25,000. On the other end of the spectrum sharks only kill about 10 people annually.
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TIL that in 2020, a bizarre new type of extinct deep-sea plesiosaur was discovered in Norway. Despite being 5 to 5.5 meters (16-18 ft) long, the marine reptile's head was tiny, being only 20 centimeters (8 inches) long. It also had a small brain, extremely large eyes, and likely ate squid.
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TIL that St. Augustine of Hippo, a Father of the Church, wrote a prayer as a teenager. It went, “Lord, grant me chastity and continence, but not yet”.