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TIL: “Good-bye” is a contraction of “God be with ye”
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TIL: Hummingbirds' metabolism rate is so high that they will starve to death in two hours if they don't feed.
1lw8
TIL that some birds “whiffle”; by flying upside down they invert their aerodynamics, and quickly lose height. It helps them dodge predators.
GnaJ
TIL Chimps are given human birth control pills in zoos. Human birth control also works on gorillas.
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TIL that there is a fish called the “Bony-eared assfish”, it has the smallest brain to body ratio of all known vertebrates.
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TIL the median pay for dental hygienists in the U.S. was $77,810 per year as of 2021 (for a job that requires just a two-year degree)