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TIL 1 in 30 births in the United States are twins.

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nWJRr TIL that 80% of the animal species found in Madagascar, exist nowhere else on earth
b9mbN TIL about Robert Cocking who tried to invent an improved parachute design. He was so convinced of his invention that he tested it himself, hanging below a balloon and releasing the parachute in the height of 5,000 ft. He was the first person who died in a parachute accident.
oRPgL TIL Sperm whales use babysitters. Sperm whale youths cannot dive as deep as their mothers so when the mother needs to forage in the deep the youth is kept safe by swimming with other adult whales.
0vGA TIL a German author wrote a novel in which Hitler wakes up in modern Berlin with no memories since 1945 and becomes a comedian
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.