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TIL that there is a list of transitional fossils that details the evolution of a species and its side branches.

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mnMM TIL so many people misheard a made-up word in ELO’s Don’t Bring Me Down as “Bruce!” that leader/singer Jeff Lynne starting singing it that way
xVeL0 TIL during the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis a second U2 Spy Plane had strayed into Soviet Airspace. When radioing for directions an unknown voice told him to turn right 35 degrees which would have taken him deeper into the Soviet Union. When asked for an identifying code there was no response.
kJv17 TIL the entire continent of Europe has a smaller economy than the United States, $23 trillion compared to $25 trillion, despite having over twice the population, 745 million compared to 333 million
RKp9 TIL the kid from The Ring(2002) was admitted to UCLA at age 13, graduated as valedictorian, and Harvard Law School at 18.
NW0J TIL there’s a macabre science around “beating heart” corpses. In many cases, doctors and health care providers aren’t sure who’s dead. There’s also the “Lazarus Effect” where a corpse will sit upright, raise its arms and cross them in front of their chest.