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TIL that we have tiny ear crystals that can get dislodged and cause terrible vertigo called Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV).

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69X9l TIL That 1965 A patent was awarded for an “Apparatus for Facilitating the Birth of a Child by Centrifugal Force”
a8e9A TIL there is a death metal band called Hatebeak. Their singer is an African grey parrot.
8elQV TIL that Humans are one of only two species conclusively proven to exhibit a homosexual orientation, though over 500 have been shown to exhibit homosexual behaviour. The other species is the Domestic Sheep.
m1g1p TIL 500,000 years ago people built a wooden structure in Southern Africa using adzing carpentry techniques
p00e TIL that although Jewish people make up only 0.2% of the world’s population, they have won over 1/5 of the Nobel prizes since it first began.