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TIL a lady who was convicted of kidnapping a child had to experience being executed by firing squad twice. Between the two shootings a strangulation was attempted. Later, it was discovered that she'd been born with her heart on the right side of her chest instead of the left

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kOkNW TIL Remoras' front dorsal fins have evolved to enable them to adhere by suction to the smooth surfaces of a host animal such as whale, turtle, shark or ray. Remoras get a free ride and protection, thus saving them valuable energy.The remora is doing its host a huge service by hoovering up parasites.
R74W4 TIL a six-year-old named Elaine Esposito went to the hospital for a routine appendectomy. She went under general anesthetic and never came out. Dubbed "The Sleeping Beauty" Esposito stayed in a coma for 37 years and 111 days before succumbing in 1978. The longest-ever coma.
OGJBg TIL approximately 98% of all mammalian species do not menstruate. These "oestrous" species reabsorb endometrial tissue at the end of the infertile cycle. Making many aspects of menstruation poorly understood and development of treatments for menstrual disorders limited.
Vwvk TIL The 2008 Constitution of Ecuador recognized nature as an entity with legally enforceable rights, making it the first country in the world to do so.
p8eve TIL of Charles Vance Millar, a Toronto lawyer who died in 1926 with no relatives. In his will, he left all his remaining assets (equivalent to $9 million CAD) to the woman who had the most babies within 10 years of his death, creating a "baby race" where woman competed to have the most babies.