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TIL: The message to new moms? Leave dad alone with baby. “Studies have actually shown that children who get more attention from their fathers in their first five years of life, actually have better reading scores in school”

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wLdLo TIL when he was in his 20's NBA legend Karl Malone impregnated a 13 year old. He never faced charges and refused child support for years. The son born to the 13 year old was drafted into the NFL in 2008
KVo9 TIL during the Cold War, students at Stuyvesant High School built a particle accelerator in their school’s basement. However, when they powered it on, it “tanked the electrical system for the building and surrounding area.” > $10,000 were spent on the machine, but no one knows what happened to it.
nW9Gd TIL Whales cannot drink ocean water because it's salty. Whales obtain their water by breaking down nutrients from their food, mostly from fat. When they do accidentally drink saltwater, their super-efficient kidneys filter the salt out, resulting in pee twice as salty as seawater.
WkD69 TIL that in 1985 Japan Airlines Flight 123 stayed aloft for 32 minutes after the 747SR's tail ripped off. During the time before the plane crashed into Mount Takamagahara several of the 509 passengers aboard jotted down "last minute" notes to their loved ones on cocktail napkins.
mx40M TIL that U.S. Route 50's endpoints in Ocean City, MD and West Sacramento, CA both have official road signs denoting that the other city is 3,073 miles away