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TIL That Pygmies Have a Life Expectancy of Only 16-24 Years

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R7E8w TIL in 2019, a vegan activist "rescued" 16 rabbits from a farm which lead to the death of nearly 100 baby bunnies.
x6pWb TIL Dian Fossey, the conservationist who lived with Gorillas for several years, was murdered while doing research in Rwanda
x66Qk TIL Gunslinger effect, The quantum physicist Niels Bohr deducted that in a gun dual, the person who draws first loses.
69Npm TIL there are only two elected heads of state who have given birth while in office. The first was Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in 1990, and the second was New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in 2018. Both gave birth to a girl at both gave birth at the age of 37.
JN9k TIL that watching live dance performances causes your body to respond as if you’re dancing too. A study showed that people watching dancers had specific motor responses to the movement. So if you see someone do an amazing pirouette, your body is secretly trying to do one too.