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TIL American astronauts on the ISS can vote in elections from orbit by secure email

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QJeve TIL that Smarter women are less likely to have kids, maternal urges drop by 25% with every extra 15 IQ points.
5dkD TIL A partially paralyzed 75-year-old, was in his outhouse pit when the floor of it suddenly gave way. He fell through and was surrounded with excrement, urine, snakes, spiders, maggots and rats. He became stuck and it was over 3 days before the mailman found him.
6EPEZ TIL in South Africa and India, biting ants were used as surgical sutures by getting the ants to bite on both sides of the wound, then breaking off the body.
kMv5 TIL that the name Imogen is probably just a spelling error that Shakespeare made but became a real name
7maP TIL Prince Charles has been first in line as heir to the throne for 64 years and counting.