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TIL Mama is an (almost) universal word

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x5R7 TIL The African elephant has only 4 teeth. Each of them weighs 5kg and is 30cm long.
p8yBp TIL that Georgia Tann kidnapped up to 5000 babies whilst working as a social worker and sold them to the black market over 30 years. Her close friends in high places, such as a tycoon and a judge were able to remove missing persons reports and threaten people with legal action if they pursued.
D11ov TIL there is a theory that homosexuality might be caused by the mother's immune system---which may mistake male-specific proteins on the Y chromosome as pathogens and "attack" them, leading to developmental quirks
wokMM TIL that Stephen III of Moldavia handed the Ottoman Empire one of its greatest losses in 1475, despite being heavily outnumbered. After the battle, Stephen fasted for forty days and banned people from praising him for his success, saying that it belonged to God alone.
Zpyxo TIL Burnaby, British Columbia announced a 100 year plan in 2019 to transform a large shopping mall into a downtown core with high rises, plazas, walkable streets