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TIL there are officially 65,486 Jedi in Australia

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9kLB TIL there’s a valve in fetal hearts that diverts blood away from the lungs while in utero. It begins closing at the first breath as the baby gets oxygen from it’s own lungs for the first time.
68gw TIL that Tsar Peter III of Russia court-martialed and hanged a rat which had chewed the heads off his toy soldiers.
KRZJ TIL approximately 62% of Americans have less than $1,000 in their savings accounts and 21% don’t even have a savings account
X0X4Q TIL That in the US, if your dog or cat needs a kidney transplant, you can use a shelter animal as a donor. The only stipulation being that you are now responsible for the donor animal and are required to adopt them as well.
9Qm7 TIL Iraq has spent $85M on fake bomb detectors