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TIL 6 of the 20 Salem Witch Trials victims were men.
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TIL Cristeta Cromerford has been the Executive Chef of the White House since 2005. She is the first woman and first person of Asian descent to hold the post.
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TIL that in 1730,when pirate Olivier Levasseur was hanged he threw a coded message into the crowd. He shouted “Find my treasure,he who may understand it! The treasure remains lost.
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TIL we can eat some species of jellyfish.
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TIL that most mammals take 12 seconds to poop, no matter their size. Larger animals have bigger feces, but also excrete more mucus, accelerating defecation. It is speculated speedy voiding is helpful in avoiding predators.
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TIL that the avian magnetic compass of the European Robin has been extensively researched and uses vision-based magnetoreception, in which the Robin's ability to sense the magnetic field of the earth for navigation is affected by the light entering the bird's eye.