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brE TIL that student loan debt is roughly $1 trillion in size, greater than either auto or credit-card debt and second only to mortgage debt in the US.
p87LQ Today I Learned That London Has A Fairly Large Population Of Wild Parrots That No-One Knows The Origin Of
GYMP4 TIL when drummer Vinny Appice joined Black Sabbath, he had to learn their songs on stage, using hastily written notes when playing unfamiliar songs. During one of the shows, a rainstorm made the ink run on Appice's notes
NXxD1 TIL that menstruation is actually very rare in mammals. Other than humans, only 9 primate species, 4 bat species, the elephant shrew, and one species of mouse menstruate. All other female mammals reabsorb their uterine lining, rather than shed it
Zn7G TIL that the lead guitarist from the band Queen, Brian May, attained his PhD in 2005 in astrophysics, was Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University from 2008 to 2013, and worked with NASA on its New Horizons Pluto mission