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TIL there are only three species that go through menopause: humans, killer whales, and short finned pilot whales

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jA5p TIL that people who are born blind and have never seen faces still display the typical facial expressions of the basic emotions - for example smiling or frowning (41 Interesting Facts about Human Emotions)
GYR0N TIL that a man named Ted Jorgensen had abandoned his son at birth and decades later got a visit from a biographer who walked in his bike shop asking about his son who he had never heard of before that moment, Jeff Bezos.
p8N4p TIL that an Irish farmer called Quin was digging for potatoes in 1868 and instead found the Ardagh chalice, which remains one of the finest insular works of art we have of the celtic period.
lMga TIL “Aluminum” started as a misspelling of “Aluminium” on a handbill by Charles Martin Hall, the American Industrialist who made Aluminum production practical
rR04e TIL the first woman didn't run a mile in under 5 minutes until 1954. Today, most good high school track runners easily run a mile in under 5 minutes.