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TIL that meerkats are less altruistic but more egoistic.

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p88wQ TIL that ancient Egyptians were able to see if a woman was pregnant by having her urinate on barley and wheat seeds. If seeds sprouted then she was pregnant. Additionally, they believed they could determine the gender. Furthermore, this test was conducted in laboratories and was 70% accurate.
JGel TIL Thanksgiving day was rescheduled to maximize shopping time
dD507 TIL that Max Martin, a Swedish songwriter and producer, is second only to Paul McCartney for number-one hit singles ever written
6Ee6X TIL in 1941 a Dutch Navy ship escaped the Japanese by being disguised as an island and only sailing at night. It went from Indonesia to Australia without being detected.
E1Kx TIL In 1941-42, during ‘Operation Barbarossa’, the Nazi’s captured roughly 5.5 million Soviet prisoners of war resulting in one of the most concentrated mass killings in human history