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TIL Geese are the oldest known domesticated bird species
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ok9K
TIL that watches have “IIII” instead of “IV” for 4 because a French king thought it looked better. Watches with “IV” are likely British just to piss the French off.
YB5x
TIL that gangs of dolphins are know to stalk and brutally kill porpoises. For absolutely no reason at all.
emnn
TIL The Concorde supersonic jet stretched during flight due to the heat it generated. On its final flight the crew placed their hats into a crevice in the floor which appeared during the flight, as the aircraft cooled the crevice closed, permanently sealing their hats in the aluminum airframe.
40r5
TIL that women with high levels of toxoplasmosis antibodies were significantly more likely to have baby boys than baby girls. In most populations, the birth rate is around 51% boys, but women infected by this cat parasite had up to a 72% chance of a boy.
oBlx8
TIL that according to Lawrence Krauss, the atoms in our left hand probably originated in a different star (or even galaxy) from those in our right hand, as half the atoms in the Milky Way come from outside our own galaxy.