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TIL: An estimated 10% of all adult male robin deaths and 3% of female deaths are caused by other robins attacking them

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6XlY TIL Joel McHale of ‘Community’ fame won a Rose Bowl ring in 1991
K7nB TIL that if you play dead in order to kill or capture an enemy in a war scenario, you are committing a war crime according to the Geneva Convention!
a8AM9 TIL Texas A&M University used to have an annual bonfire. In 1999, 12 students died when the Aggie Bonfire collapsed upon them during construction. The deaths led to the end of the tradition as the University faced a series of lawsuits and couldn't afford the expected $2 million per year insurance.
L7Ap TIL of the “2suit”, which is a suit designed for sex in space or other weightless environments.
NXrk8 TIL a physician successfully avoided incriminating DNA evidence being gathered from him for 5 years by implanting a tube of foreign blood and anticoagulants in his arm, from which he made sure all samples would be drawn.