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TIL most birds in our world are monogamous

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1y7X TIL that the Heimlich Maneuver’s inventor is accused of medical fraud and unethical practices–including the invention of the maneuver itself.
NXPNJ TIL That a man in Florida woke up with a splitting migraine. When he arrives at the hospital, doctors found a bullet in his head. His wife had shot him in the head while he slept.
e5wk TIL that while many woodland creatures harbor ticks and spread Lyme disease, opossums kill 96.5% of ticks that land on them and that a single opossum may be “hoovering up and killing” 4,000 ticks every week and thereby protecting us from Lyme disease
E1n0w TIL the tail feathers of Birds of Paradise are so black that they absorb 99.95% of all light, just .01% less than the blackest human-made nanomaterial, and help make brightly-colored patches stand out more during mating dances
nLbG TIL in order to be among the top 10% of the world’s population by wealth, you only need $77,000; to be part of the top half, you just need $3,650.