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TIL about a phenomenon called "delayed implantation" in grizzly bears. The embryo will start gestation only after the mama bear has gained enough weight to avoid death by starvation during hibernation.

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78ZMp TIL about the Macchina of Santa Rosa, a 30m/98ft high machine built to honour Saint Rose of Viterbo. Every year 100 men called "Facchini di Santa Rosa" hoist the machine, weighing about 5k kg/11k lb, and carry it through the streets of Viterbo, in Italy. The machine is rebuilt anew every five years
E1VaV TIL after being misspelled for 54 years, the Verrazzano-Narrows bridge in New York City had its name corrected in 2018.
loKVa TIL: In 1933, the British explorer Frank Smythe attempted to climb Mt. Everest alone. As the time passed, due to isolation he became so convinced that someone else was accompanying him on his climb that he offered a piece of cake to his invisible climbing partner.
e0rGJ TIL a study conducted by Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction, found that in all five measures of penile dimensions homosexual men reported larger penises than heterosexual men.
4MXw TIL Big game hunting in Africa, when done responsibly, can actually benefit endangered species and produce revenue for the conservation