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TIL An estimated 10,000 containers at sea each year are lost by container ships, usually during storms

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ned9P TIL The oldest recorded marriage in the USA is from 1565, between a Spaniard and a free black woman.
ep4WE TIL that Common Law Marriage is only actually recognized in 7 U.S. States and DC
9Y8OQ TIL that by suppressing the expression of certain genes specifically for beak development, scientists were able to grow a chicken embryo with a dinosaur-like snout instead of a beak
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