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TIL a baby born during war is more likely to be male than one born in peacetime

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69B4Z TIL that the top of Mount Chimborazo is farther from the Earth's center than Mount Everest
1XoX TIL in 2007, a Bowhead whale was discovered with the end of a harpoon left embedded in its neck from a previous hunt. It was found that the harpoon tip was originally manufactured in 1890, indicating the whale had survived a human attack more than a century ago.
Me88a TIL Taylor Swift used facial recognition at a concert in 2018 to identify known stalkers. The photos were taken at a rehearsal clip photo booth and transmitted to s control center for processing, without the fans knowledge
vPREr TIL of the lucky bull of Turin. The tradition is that if a person puts their right heel on the bull’s testicular region and “turn on himself three times,” this will bring good luck.
J1pv TIL during the Apollo 12 mission, a 2 ½ ton piece of the Lunar Module was experimentally crashed onto the surface of the moon. The unexpected result? The moon “rang like a bell” for nearly an hour.