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TIL Owls have asymmetrical ear openings with one ear slightly higher than the other. Due to this, owls will hear sounds at two slightly different times. This adaptation, along side their farsightedness and densely packed retinal rods, aid in locating prey at night and low light situations🦉

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4b8X TIL that due to the lax laws that pertained to divorce in Reno, Nevada in the early 1900’s, “divorce ranches” were created where women, who were denied divorces in their own home states, could stay at, establish residency, and gain a divorce in Reno within the span of six weeks.
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a8GA TIL that phone numbers are seven digits because that was once thought to be about the limit of the brain’s working memory
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