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TIL that bird populations in the US and Canada dropped by approximately 3 billion, which is around 29%, since 1970

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R7g1l TIL Eva Mendes’ voice was dubbed over in the Steven Seagal movie “Exit Wounds” without her knowledge. A producer later told her her natural voice “didn’t sound intelligent enough.” She later replied “it was a Steven Seagal movie, and I didn’t sound intelligent enough.”
1axr4 Til ancient Mesopotamians had written accounts of solider PTSD dating to the Assyrian dynasty (1300-609 BC). They believed the disorder was caused by the spirits of enemies whom the patient had killed during battle
16Gbd TIL there has been a big increase in news headlines suggesting fear, anger, disgust, and sadness since 2000, and especially since about 2010
Radl TIL that when The Princess and the Frog came out, 50 children were hospitalized with salmonella from kissing frogs.
we47 TIL Females have a prostate. It used to be called the Skene’s gland until doctors realized it serves the same functions as a male prostate.