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TIL that humans’ closest relative, Bonobos, have a peaceful female-run society where sex is used to resolve conflict. They “make love, not war.”

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lo7wA TIL that over 1983-2000, 96% of US plane crash victims survived.
mxKlO TIL Dr. Robert Lopez, a vet, suspected a connection between cat ear mites and a child's rash, experimenting by transferring them into his left ear. "I heard scratching sounds... as the mites began to explore my ear canal." He repeated the experiment twice, and won the Ig Nobel Prize in entomology.
VBAyk TIL The malacologist Alexander Fedoslov named the four sea slugs from the group Clavus which he discovered after his favorite rock & metal guitarists: Clavus davidgilmouri (Pink Floyd), Clavus andreolbrichi (Blind Guardian), Clavus kirkhammetti (Metallica) and Clavus brianmayi (Queen)!
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QJxXp TIL 91 year old Jimmy Carter became cancer free after months of treatment for a deadly cancer that spread to his brain. His doctor said, "He's a physically and mentally active individual who's in the best health possible for someone in his age group..."