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TIL Modern broiler chickens have been bred to get so heavy so quickly it can lead to bone deformities

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OGege TIL the only instance of shots fired in anger on Antarctica occurred in 1952 when an Argentine naval base fired machine guns over the heads of a British landing party.
kJOde TIL there are at least 10 other men who left genetic legacies that rival Ghengis Khan's, and we only know the name of one of them.
ADx7o TIL Sputnik the fist satellite was only the size of a basketball.
6bgl TIL that in 2017 Norway will be the first country in the world to shut down FM radio and go digital instead.
nkp9 TIL that a “moment” is actually medieval unit of time that is equal to 1.5 minutes. There are 40 moments in an hour.