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TIL Bolivia has experienced more than 190 coups d'état and revolutions since its independence was declared in 1825

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Y7L5G TIL some sharks lay spiral shark eggs and others lay 'mermaid purses'. Some sharks are oviparous (lay eggs), some are viviparous (give birth to living young) and other sharks are ovoviviparous (the eggs hatch inside the mother before the young are born alive)
nejvb TIL that tongue twister 'she sells seashells by the seashore' is about a real girl named Mary Anning. She also happened to be one of the very first people to discover a massive dinosaur fossil, which she did at age 12 while looking for seashells to sell by the seashore.
oRB8A TIL about the 1642 execution of George Spencer in Connecticut. He was accused of beastiality after a sow had birthed a deformed one eyed piglet.
a89d0 TIL that Jennifer Pan, who hired hit men to murder her overbearing and strict parents, would text with her boyfriend using phonetic baby talk. Her nickname for him, Mr. Bubbles, was rendered “Mr. Bawbos” in their messages.
X0DmE TIL cows have best friends and they tend to experience lower levels of stress when they’re hanging out with them.