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TIL humans are the only ones among all primates with chins

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LeVQ TIL a woman filing for public assistance failed several DNA tests to prove maternity of her children. She was taken to court and risked losing custody. It was later discovered she had absorbed her twin in the womb and has two different sets of DNA in other parts of her body.
V6Bm TIL: North Korea claims to have sunk the heavy cruiser USS Baltimore and even preserved the ship that “sunk it” in a museum. The USS Baltimore was never deployed to Korea and was scrapped in 1972.
epyP5 TIL of the Glasgow effect, a term which refers to the lower life expectancy of residents of the Scottish city compared to the rest of the UK and Europe. Some hypotheses for this effect include stress, especially in childhood, leading to ill health; violent gang culture; and rate of premature births.
0waJN TIL former NFL player Eugene Robinson was arrested in a prostitution sting the night before his team the Atlanta Falcons were going to play in the Super Bowl. Earlier on the day of his arrest, he was awarded the Bart Starr Award which is given to the player who best exemplifies outstanding character
rwDy TIL that the terms “Panic Attack” and “Anxiety Attack” are not the same thing, but are both still used interchangeably.