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TIL bird brains pack neurons much more densely than mammals allowing some birds to have a total brain cell count comparable to primates

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R5e8l TIL that a 2011 size 0 is larger than a 1970 size 6
78EjP TIL of Burushaski - a language isolate predominantly from Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan. It has 4 genders - human masculine, human feminine, countable objects, and uncountable ones (similar to mass nouns)
XEAe8 TIL that the world's fastest land animal was named Sarah, a South African cheetah who, at age 11, ran 100m in 5.95 seconds (or 61 mph). She lived in the Cincinnati Zoo and passed away at 15 years of age in 2016.
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90D7 TIL that Benito Mussolini drove his secret first wife and son to early deaths in lunatic asylums because they threatened his rise to power. His henchmen then tried to erase all traces of their relationship.