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TIL No species of turtle nurtures their children. Turtles mothers find a location on land to dig a nest and lay their eggs. After they lay their eggs, they walk away. It’s up to the babies to fend for themselves once they hatch.

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l7xR7 TIL that Rocky Marciano was reluctant to fight Joe Louis. However, he did so to secure Louis a £300,000 payday. Louis was badly in debt to the IRS and needed the money. After knocking Louis out and retiring him, Marciano came to see Louis to express his condolences.
PjrO TIL of the Gigantopithecus, an ape that reached 3 meters (9.8 ft) in height and weighed more than half a ton.
ELN7 TIL Roman Emperor Caligula once ordered his guards to throw an entire section of the audience into an arena during the intermission to be eaten by the wild beasts because there were no prisoners to be used and he was bored.
EXD0 TIL that plankton perform 45% of Earth’s photosynthesis, yet constitute less than 1% of its total plant mass
NX4J8 TIL Ben Stiller was an actor in Empire of the Sun (1987) and his comedy film Tropic Thunder was in part based on that experience