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TIL female marmosets are more likely to commit infanticide when they're pregnant and getting close to giving birth to increase their own baby's odds of having a successful life

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DQGRJ TIL that from 1997 to 2000, the Tampa Bay (Devil) Rays once had a minor league affiliate who played in the same city as their MLB club -- the St. Petersburg Devil Rays of the Florida State League.
5YPpn TIL that Spanish military outpost Penon de Velez de la Gomera on the Moroccan coastline forms the shortest international border in the entire world, spanning only 74 meters. It was also once an island until a 1934 storm left the sandy isthmus that serves as the border today.
NXjg8 TIL a poll of 1,000 US visitors to Scotland found 33% thought haggis was an animal; 23% said they came to Scotland believing they could catch one. Haggis is traditionally made out of a sheep's stomach filled with liver, heart lung, oatmeal, suet, stock, onions and spices.
X0XYQ TIL in the Maori language the name for France is Wiwi (from overhearing the French say "Oui Oui" denoting agreement)
YYAW TIL President Ronald Reagan majored in Economics, where he graduated with a ‘C’ grade.