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TIL that Leonardo Da Vinci played a significant role in the founding of modern paleontology

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KYgx6 TIL It's Impossible to Hum While You Hold Your Nose. When a person hums, air passes between the vocal cords in the throat, causing them to vibrate. In order to hum, you'll have to have your mouth closed so that the sound emerges from your nose.
v1P9L TIL that Aaron Burr was still Vice President of the United States when he shot Alexander Hamilton and continued to perform his duties despite being wanted for murder in New Jersey and New York.
D1yxY TIL that the Romans kept and cared for sacred geese in a temple, who then alerted them to an attack by invading Gauls, saving the city.
yQA7v TIL that before found The Doors with Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek graduated from DePaul University with an economics degree, spent a year in US Army Security Agency as a prospective intelligence analyst, and received a M.F.A. in cinematography from UCLA.
0dG5j TIL 35% or 1/3 of the victim of domestic homicides is a male. 31% of women spouses accused of homicide are acquitted whereas only 6% of men spouses are acquitted