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TIL the ad revenue made from the “charlie bit my finger” youtube video was enough for the family to buy a new house

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6E7jY TIL the life expectancy of a black garden ant is about 15 years.
xVYp1 TIL that newborn baby girls can experience a "mini-period" due to the withdrawal from their mother's estrogen
grKj4 TIL that an inscription on Maya hieroglyphs details a battle between Dos Pilas and Tikal which reads “Nahb’aj ch’ich’ witzaj jo” or “The blood pooled, the heads piled up”. Dos Pilas a much smaller nation inflicted a shocking defeat upon the Tikal which helped consolidate their nation is Mesoamerica
M6Rm TIL there’s a man with a neurological condition rendering his vision, feeling and hearing out of sync. He hears people speak before seeing their lips move, and can hear own his voice before he feels his jaw movements.
OGn9L TIL that before it was "Donner and Blitzen," it was "Donder and Blitzen," and before that it was "Dunder and Blixem," which is colloquial New York Dutch meaning "Thunder and Lightning."