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TIL that Kalawao County, Hawaii, is the least-populated county in the United States and occupies the least area of any county

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X0o4Q TIL that the lead vocals in Elvin Bishop’s hit “Fooled Around and Fell In Love” were performed not by Bishop himself, but by his backup singer Mickey Thomas who later went on to form the band Starship with hits such as “We Built This City” “Sara” and “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now”
gMwj7 TIL that there is a link between pandemics and psychosis in the population
4kemg TIL Rabbits were used in early pregnancy tests. When female rabbits were injected with urine from a pregnant woman, their ovaries would change. Unfortunately, the rabbit had to be dissected to find out. Later tests used frogs.
gM078 TIL the thousands of monkeys in the Lopburi province of Thailand are split in two gangs: temple and city monkeys. The monkeys rely on tourists for food but due to the lack of tourism, the monkeys are starving and have taken to waging large scale 'gang wars' over as little as a single banana.
neGQB TIL that Egyptian Pharaohs and Deities that weren't known for being born of a God or Goddess had to take part in cannibalistic consumption of a God to take in a power known as hk3w that was later personified as the God Heka.