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TIL Falcons are more closely related to parrots than hawks and eagles

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e0vZk TIL a 2016 study found that more frequent ejaculation lead to lower rates of prostate cancer
epv74 TIL of William Frederick Windham, who was legally defined as eccentric after one of the long court cases for lunacy because he married a courtesan.
JeAV TIL of Inky .. the Octopus that escaped from it’s tank in a New Zealand Aquarium, slid across the floor and into a 50 m drainpipe leading back to the ocean ..
K1jR TIL a 625 lbs man tried to troll on a bodybuilding forum with a thread by asking “ASK THE FATTEST MAN ON MISC ANYTHING”. He was eventually convinced to lose over 350 pounds
0w67N TIL There is no "Missing Link" in Human Evolution. The term "missing link" has fallen out of favor with biologists because it implies the evolutionary process is a linear phenomenon and that forms originate consecutively in a chain. Instead, the term Last Common Ancestor is preferred.