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TIL Turkeys can reproduce asexually

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v1yW7 TIL that in the Swiss boarding school Institut Le Rosey, a quota system limits students of any one country or linguistic region (e.g. English-speaking countries, German-speaking countries) to 10% of the school’s total population, which results in the 450 students coming from over 70 countries
16QN4 TIL during a 2016 expedition to find the Loch Ness Monster, a 30-ft model of the Monster was discovered at the bottom of Loch Ness - a lost prop from the 1970 film 'The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes'.
yQkya TIL that there is a enormous amount of water underneath the sand in the Sahara Desert. Estimated to be 18,000 cubic kilometers.
4kPno TIL that the song of the European Robin can be as loud as 104 decibels, or as loud as a motorcycle. A cooing dove is only about 45 decibels, which is quieter than normal human conversation.
Ool61 TIL U.S. President Herbert Hoover, as an undergraduate student, organized the first ever 'Big Game' football pairing between UC Berkeley and Stanford in 1892. It is now one of the oldest college rivalries in the United States.