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TIL that 1 in 8 people who have ever lived are alive today

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oBkoE TIL that when British scientists discovered homosexual behavior in penguins in 1911, they were so shocked that they published the study in Greek so it would remain accessible to only a few scientists.
R78ll TIL that there are Dinosaur fossils in Antarctica.
BDZr TIL Ulysses S. Grant was also planned to be assassinated along with Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth, but did not attend the play at Ford Theater because their wives were not on good terms.
4kvv5 TIL about Joy Milne who can smell parkinsons on people even before they get diagnosed. ‘Woman who can smell Parkinson’s’ helps scientists develop test
9YY1B And everyone else.