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TIL that scientists have been tracking a Laysan albatross bird named Wisdom since 1956. She is still going strong in 2025!

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yVBmp TIL about aaa, a constellation of urological problems described on multiple ancient Egyptian medical papyri. Many archaeologists believe aaa was what is now known as urinary schistosomiasis, a parasitic infection.
X0jAE TIL: A 2018 study in the UK found that 70% of women in workplaces were bullied by other women known as "Queen Bees". They are women with aggressive behaviors such as gossiping, exclusion, and stealing friends/partners to get ahead. One consultant describes them as adult "Mean Girls".
Mjjb TIL According to researchers, there will be no seafood left to catch by 2048, except for jellyfish, which will thrive in the new, collapsed ecosystem.
ne5PY TIL that between 1933 and 1935, Germany had a dual flag arrangement to reflect the structure of the government. One flag was the Nazi party’s swastika, and the other was a version of the old tricolour of the former German Empire.
Z1a TIL that John Smith, before Jamestown, was a trader, pirate, slave, mercenary, knight and had won three duels. He had been to (at least) modern day Romania, Hungary, Turkey, Ukraine, Russia, Poland, Spain, North Africa, England and the Americas all by the age of 27.