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TIL according to odds its more likely to give birth to 13 boys in a row than it is to have triplets.

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4knAN TIL that in 1898, a novel was written with a plot eerily similar to the Titanic disaster 14 years later. The name of the ship in the novel was the Titan.
l7nMA TIL pubic lice are now an endangered species
KYdNR TIL the creator of HBO's White Lotus was a contestant on both Survivor and The Amazing Race.
WkKXA TIL in the early 1890s one man released 100 European Starlings in New York City, which have grown to 200 million today as an invasive pest. The story goes he wished for all birds mentioned in Shakespeare's works to reside in America.
ebLE TIL that the grippy texture on metal tools is called Knurling