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TIL Male seahorses undergo pregnancy and give birth to their sons and daughters.

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66OW TIL that a Roman merchant who sold fake jewels was sentenced to face a lion in the arena. When the gate finally opened, a chicken walked out. Emperor Gallienus proclaimed “He practiced deceit and then had it practiced on him.”
oRmbR TIL According to North Korean state media, Kim Jong II was born under a double rainbow on a sacred mountain. And before his death, the skies glowed red and Mount Paektu and the impenetrable sheet of ice at the heart of the volcano cracked.
wLGVJ TIL it's been 125,000 generations since the emergence of human species, 7,500 generations since human physiology reached what is essentially its modern state, 500 generations since the agricultural revolution, and ONLY 20 generations since the scientific revolution!
7rJvr TIL That an estimated 1.25 BILLION animals were lost in Australia's bush fires.
6loW TIL when Pan Am 103 exploded over Lockerbie Scotland, a flight attended survived falling to the ground and was found by a farmers wife; however she died before help could be summoned.