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TIL Some chipmunks eat frogs and baby birds.

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OQA6 TIL that Martine Rothblatt made millions by inventing satellite radio. When her daughter was diagnosed w/ pulmonary hypertension, she earned a PhD in bioethics & formed a biotech company that licensed drugs to treat her daughter’s illness from other companies, making them much more widely available
X0Qw8 TIL about the Sullivan brothers, 5 men from Iowa that enlisted in the Navy after Pearl Harbour. They asked to be assigned together and all died when USS Juneau was sunk.
6Lll TIL Iran has one of the largest rates of brain drain in the world. It’s estimated that 150,000-180,000 specialists leave the country every year, costing the country at least $50 billion in human capital annually.
EYLW TIL I learned there’s an annual 100-mile foot race so hard that only 11 people have even finished it since 1985. The date is secret, the entry form is secret, and the entry fee is $1.60 and a pack of Camels.
8aKW4 TIL A media producer purchased a non-visible work of art called 'Fresh Air' for $10,000. The artwork does not exist in the real world. It only exists in the artist's imagination.