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TIL when you sing "Home, home on the range. Where the deer and the antelope play," there are no antelope in the USA.

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l70w1 TIL strength training increases bone density in postmenopausal women; Bone loss is significantly accelerated with the loss of estrogen after menopause in elderly women
Wk9J4 TIL 21 years ago Twenty people died when a United States Marine Corps EA-6B Prowler aircraft, while flying too low, against regulations, in order for the pilots to "have fun" and "take videos of the scenery", cut a cable supporting a gondola of an aerial tramway. The pilots faced no consequences.
jNNon TIL in spite of the way they are portrayed in sci-fi films, asteroid belts are not densely populated and a passing spacecraft has virtually zero chance of striking one. In fact, considerable effort is required to ensure contact with an asteroid.
4D45 TIL Jimmy Carter, the 39th US president, was the first president to be born in a hospital.
Y4er TIL that newborn ducks will take on the characteristics of the first animal they see. If the first animal they see is a human, then they will think they’re human and grow up thinking they’re human. This is called “imprinting” and it’s the natural instinct to follow the first thing they see.