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TIL that ¾ of American lesbians are overweight.

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gMg7b TIL scientists accidentally dumped sperm from a paddlefish on sturgeon eggs, creating a hybrid “sturddlefish”. Crossing of the two fish was considered impossible as their closest common ancestor dates back more than 180 million years and the two species have no chance of meeting in the wild.
WDbX TIL Charles Lindbergh, the first solo New York-Paris flight guy, kept 3 separate, secret families in Europe.
P1bmg TIL about the Mossdale Caverns tragedy. A party of ten went into it, and four of them left after three hours. When one of the four returned and found the entrance flooded, she alerted rescuers, but the water made entry impossible. Five were found dead the next day and the sixth the day after.
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