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TIL the Star Spangled Banner has more lyrics than what we are ever taught and shown.

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Zp74a TIL shortwave radio is still commonly used for news broadcasts around the world
bJpE TIL In 2013 A Brazilian Woman Laced Her Vagina With Poison So That Oral Sex Would Kill Her Husband.
m1N1M TIL Parachute riggers, guys who pack the parachutes in the US Air force, jump their own parachutes. At any given point, rigger can be asked to jump a parachute that they packed or any other rigger packed. And if they can't jump because of illness or injury, they can't pack.
D1xoj TIL if you trace back the family tree of a drone bee, the number of parents in each generation follows the Fibonacci sequence.
69lk8 TIL that wild panda populations can have reproductive rates comparable to some American black bear populations, which are thriving. Pandas are mistakenly believed to be poor breeders due to their the disappointing reproductive performance while captive.