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TIL that a Sand Tiger Shark embryo will develop teeth and eat its weaker siblings, to ensure only the strongest are born.

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pYvKG TIL Bald Eagles get their name from an old English word, "balde”, meaning White. The Latin name for bald eagles is “Haliaeetus leucocephalus” which means “white-headed sea eagle”.
1gLD TIL that there are dead drops (flash drives embedded in a wall) in random areas around the world for sharing anonymous information with whoever has found them.
YpPM7 TIL Los Angeles county has a larger population than 41 of the 50 US states.
KO494 TIL approximately 30 to 50% of East Asian are intolerant to alcohol due to a faulty version of the aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) gene. It may cause flushing on a person's face and body and other symptoms including nausea, headache and general physical discomfort after drinking alcohol.
9YORG TIL of Bartholomäus Traubeck, an artist and engineer who discovered how to make music from tree rings. “A record player that plays slices of wood, [in which] year ring data is translated into music." The trees year rings are analyzed and this data is used to generate piano music.