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TIL A New Bird Species “Big Bird” Has Evolved on Galapagos And Scientists Watched It Happen

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X09PR TIL that the Miami Heat retired the number 23 jersey in 2003, in honor of Michael Jordan, even though Jordan never played for the team
1ay7 TIL birds are the reason we don’t have giant spiders and insects. Thanks birds.
vPr7 TIL that the human skull is one of the least deformable substances found in nature, needing 1 ton of force to reduce its diameter by 1 centimeter.
D1dOY TIL 2 lbs of sugar per 1 ton of concrete will render it unable to set properly and was apparently used to resist prison construction in the 80s.
OMQ7 TIL a man in India created and patented a machine which could manufacture low-cost sanitary pads for less than a third of the cost of commercial pads and provided the machines to self-help groups run by women all over India.