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TIL a partridge is a ground-nesting bird with zero interest in pear trees.

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xVL6o TIL that Scandinavians are adamant about letting their children nap outside, even in cold weather. Parents report that babies take longer and deeper naps when they sleep comfortably bundled up outside.
9Yvbm TIL a fertility doctor used his own sperm to father 48 children.
0rYN TIL That Chuck Taylor All Stars are considered a house slipper, and therefore are cheaper to import.
jNglQ Today i learned about the human excretory system. ES consist of a pair of kidneys, one pairs of ureters, a urinary bladder and a urethra. Kidneys are reddish brown bean shaped structure situated b/w the last thoracic & 3rd lumbar vertebra close 2 the dorsal inner wall of the abdominal cavity.
gpy8 TIL of Operation Paul Bunyan which included 60 US troops, 64 South Korean Special Forces troops, 7 attack heli’s, an array of attack jets, nuclear ready B-52 bombers, and 12,00 troops on stand-by to finish cutting down a tree after North Korean soldiers killed 2 US soldiers cutting a tree.