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TIL that otters engage in necrophelia so much that it’s beginning to impact their populations

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b9Lm4 TIL of Anthony de Lucy, 3rd Baron Lucy. De Lucy was an English knight and crusader who died on campaign in the year 1368. In 1981 De Lucy's extremely well preserved remains were found in a crypt beneath the ruins of St. Bees Abbey in Lincolnshire, England, which had since become a car park.
W7Xnd TIL Max Planck opposed the atomic theory until the 1890s
g8J4 TIL a woman in Mexico performed a successful Caesarean section on herself without any medical training.
16DND TIL almost 15% of Hawaii-born people living on the mainland are between the ages of 18 and 44 and have a bachelor’s degree or higher, compared to 7.7% of those remaining in Hawaii. Among younger adults, over 55% of Hawaii-born people with a bachelor’s degree move away.
RD09 TIL Welfare currently pays more than a minimum-wage job in 35 states, even after accounting for the Earned Income Tax Credit, and in 13 states it pays more than $15 per hour.