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TIL Barry Manilow did not write his hit song “I Write the Songs”

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LkQ09 TIL a flock of starlings is called a murmuration.
R7Z69 TIL that the Tyrannosaurus Rex didn’t roar but rather they would make a low, almost grumble noise and use the vibrations from that noise to communicate, this is because they were actually stealthy hunters and would wait in the wooded areas and stalk their prey. Use headphones to listen to the video
Abxg TIL male whiptail lizards have gone extinct, only the females remain, and they have developed the ability to reproduce asexually.
pYnlN TIL that carriers of Phenylketonuria, an inherited genetic disorder of the metabolism, are protected against the fungal toxin Ochratoxin A that occurs in grains. This accounts for the persistence of the allele in certain populations: it confers a "selective advantage."
4OpJ TIL In 1884 two British men cannibalized a dying child after being shipwrecked for weeks, which saved their lives long enough to be rescued. They were then convicted of murder and sentenced to death upon returning to England.