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TIL the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew series were not written by a single author, rather by a collection of ghost writers which which all wrote under a collective pseudonym.

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788p TIL Sean Connery once stated “I don’t think there is anything particularly wrong about hitting a woman–although I don’t recommend doing it in the same way that you’d hit a man. If a woman is a bitch, or hysterical, or bloody-minded continually, then I’d do it. ”
v188K TIL a half male/half female Cardinal was spotted in Pennsylvania. Most gynandromorphs are infertile, but this one has a chance of reproducing as the left side is female; (as in most birds, only the left ovary is functional). He/she was always in the company of a male Cardinal.
Egol0 TIL that the Golden rule of treating others the way you want to be treated exists among emotionally intelligent primates like chimps and bonobos.
L55Q TIL The majority of the world doesn’t refrigerate their eggs.
xVO8g TIL that the United States Airforce Thunderbirds Demonstration Squadron, are part of the USAF combat force and can be rapidly integrated into an operational fighter unit and be combat ready in less than 72 hours if the need arises.