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TIL cities house 62.7% of the US population but occupies only 3.5% of land area

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vgoK TIL that Sherlock Holmes was based, in part, on a medical professor of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle called “Bill”. Bill would look at his patients without their speaking, determine their ethnicity, profession, and make a prediction about their condition based on sight alone.
rNLXW TIL Brian Doyle-Murray was actually born as Brian Murphy, and is the older brother of Bill Murray. He has actually appeared in several films with his brother, including Caddyshack, The Razor's Edge, Scrooged, Ghostbusters II, and Groundhog Day.
G7KN TIL Humans and dogs are the only two species known to seek visual cues from another individual’s eyes, and dogs only do this when interacting with humans.
yVPJl TIL about Marie-Marguerite Duplessis Radisson (c. 1718 – after 1740) an enslaved Pawnee woman who challenged her master’s authority over her. Although unsuccessful, she was among the first enslaved people in New France to succeed in even having their case be heard by a court. She did not go quietly.
Ypbyx TIL of Tio de Nadal; a Catalonian Christmas song about beating a log partly in a fireplace with a stick in hopes it would literally poop out gifts.