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TIL there are only 2 surviving species of monotremes (mammals that lay eggs), the platypus and the echidna, both of which are only indigenous to small areas of Australia and New Guinea.

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b6g49 TIL Early Superman comics taught kids how to achieve super-strength through exercises in lifting armchairs, getting a super-grip, and achieving super-vision by glancing at distant and near objects repeatedly
mxKME TIL that context terms used in internet searches change the search results, often leading to confirmation bias. For example, if you search “is X good for you?”, the top results will be sources stating X is good for you. And vice versa.
yQQYV Exactly today (Dec. 26th, 2016) I haven’t had a single drop of alcohol or coffee in 27 months. If you're reading this later, you can do the math yourself. A couple of my friends on Facebook & Twitter asked me to write about my experience, so here it is, in a nutshell.
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