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TIL the leading cause of death for pregnant women in the United States is homicide

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VB1o0 TIL in 2020 scientists discovered a new organ in the human throat, a previously unknown pair of salivary glands called the "tubarial salivary glands".
7rrZb A beluga whale living in captivity with a pod of bottlenose dolphins has learned their language of whistles and clicks, scientists believe.
GADLG TIL The FitnessGram PACER Test maxes out 247 laps. The only person to ever reach 247 laps was middle school student Dennis Mejia in 2016
LQ5gv TIL that most of the trains in the North Korean capital Pyongyang are actually reused trains from the Berlin metro.
V9nD TIL That since 1825, every bald Russian president has succeeded a hairy one and vice versa.