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TIL that Weenie, the dog from 2001 educational kids programming show Oswald, was actually female

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BgN7L TIL that a single Bengal tiger has killed an estimated 436 people in Nepal and India in the late 19th and early 20th century.
6PjW TIL there is a species of bird which guides humans to beehives, so they can feast on the bee larvae after the human takes the honey.
WkpZN TIL about Richard L. McKinley, who died in a nuclear plant accident. His body ended so contaminated that had to be buried in a lead-lined casket which was then sealed in concrete and placed in a metal vault and cannot be moved from its location without the approval of the Atomic Energy Commission.
1a788 TIL: The oldest mummies in the world are turning into black slime. Over 100 Chinchorro mummies found near the Atacama Desert in Chile are turning gelatinous due to bacterial growth associated with increasing humidity. The mummies date to ~5000 BC
XYbD TIL that a father was denied access to see his premature twins in the NICU when Beyonce and Jay-Z had their daughter at the same time.