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TIL that octopuses have three hearts, and two of them stop beating when they swim.

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j6XYQ TIL breast milk can be used to heal medical conditions such as rashes and ear infections
aPKy TIL in the US, maternal deaths during pregnancy declined to 9.1 deaths per 100,000 pregnancies by 1986. It has risen since then and now is at 18.5 deaths per 100,000.
VMDp4 TIL that witches are banned from flying above 150 meters in the landlocked African nation of Eswatini. Any witch caught flying their broomstick above the limit faces arrest and a hefty R500,000 fine according to the country’s civil aviation authority. There's no penalty for flying below 150 meters.
rRpXx TIL that a Japanese baby named Chanco is the world's hairiest baby
r5po TIL that in 2011, a 75 year-old woman accidentally cut the fiber optic cable that provides internet to 90% of Armenia.