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TIL because the Black Guillemot lives on cliffs, it lays pointed eggs so that instead of rolling off the cliffs they spin in tight circles

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R5Mnl TIL about the tiny isolated Pacific Island of Rotuma. It is 400 miles from the rest of Fiji and has its own linguistic heritage. About 1,600 people there.
neLLW TIL that around 30 per cent all the adaptive mutations in our genome – a third of human evolution – has been in response to viruses.
kJrXm [TIL] Porn-Induced Erectile Dysfunction | Understanding, Impact, and Solutions
mxgVM TIL a Lieutenant Colonel saved more lives on the planet than almost anyone by disobeying orders and acting against military protocol in what appeared to be a nuclear exchange by superpowers.
NXOoP TIL that despite spanning five geographical time zones, China officially uses just one—Beijing Time (UTC+8)!