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TIL: Dennis Rodman only has 28 siblings, previously thought to be 46, according to his father Philander.

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woxQ1 TIL about “Snotbot,” a drone used by scientists to fly through whale exhalation plumes to gather information about whale health and ecology, DNA, stress and pregnancy hormones, microbiomes, etc.
oBa7 TIL that “no one has actually ever found a real pirate’s buried treasure map.”
wVb7 TIL there is a city in New Mexico named Truth or Consequences. The city changed its name from Hot Springs in 1950 in order to become the airing location for a radio broadcast of the same name.
oD6W TIL that blasphemy was still a crime in the United Kingdom until 2008.
E1wj0 TIL that while they do cry, newborn babies don’t shed tears until sometime after about one month old. That’s because they only produce enough tears to keep their eyes moist. So there are no extra tears to roll down their cheeks.