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TIL that JetBlue and Southwest are the only major US airlines with no fatalities

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nW79G TIL Most farm raised turkeys can't mate due to being selected for meatier breasts and need artificial insemination.
XEoPE TIL: One of the things that initiated the downfall of Harvard educated money launderer Franklin Jurado was his neighbor in Luxembourg filing a noise complaint against him, because Jurado had a money-counting machine running all night
dk6E TIL the Cheyenne chief Black Kettle, a major advocate for peace and coexistence between white settlers and Native Americans, was twice attacked by American troops despite explicit agreements of non-hostility, resulting in the death and mutilation of he and at least two hundred Cheyenne villagers
EgMZo TIL that octopuses have three hearts—two pump blood to the gills, while the third pumps it to the rest of the body. What's even crazier? The heart that pumps to the rest of the body actually stops beating when the octopus swims!
DQVov TIL only two people born in 1990 or later have won best acting Oscars, Jennifer Lawrence and Ariana DeBose.