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TIL the average person checks their phone 150 times a day, every six-and-a-half minutes.

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OGLy6 TIL the Indian muntjack species went through several chromosome fusions, which caused it to become the vertebrate with the smallest number of chromosomes: 6 in the females and 7 in the males.
ep70k TIL HPV infection is not only related to cervical cancer, but is responsible for a great number of mouth and throat cancers as well due to oral sex
woElJ TIL that in order to settle their long standing border dispute Benin and Burkina Faso declared in 2008 that the ~68 km2 area of Koalou/Kourou would belong to neither country. Making it one of the worlds few unclaimed territories.
R5WD7 TIL In 1984 "Baby Fae" received a baboon heart transplant at just 11 days old and survived 21 days before rejecting it.
XEKl8 TIL MyPillow has been sued for making claims that the company’s pillows could treat and cure multiple diseases, including multiple sclerosis and cerebral palsy.