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TIL that youngest siblings are usually the favorite child

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KYD0G TIL laboratories practiced mouth pipetting when accessioning specimens “until the 1970s, when cheap mechanical pipettes became available.”
ExkX TIL there is a huge catfish known as the Piraiba, one of which was reported as having swallowed a human whole in the 90s.
MeobV TIL of "Cat Pawsitive," a program which encourages cat shelters to teach orphan cats to do a "high-five" with humans, making cats more attractive for adoption. Over 400 cats who participated were adopted during the first two semesters of the program.
7aQZ TIL there is a gay gun rights group called Pink Pistols, whose motto is, “Armed gays don’t get bashed”
OGYNe TIL The European 30 Years' War 1618 - 1648 began with Czech nobles throwing two Habsburg governors out of Prague castle window onto a huge dungheap. The corresponding carnage - fought over the issue of religious freedom following the Protestant Reformation - left millions dead.