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TIL Billie Eilish's real name is Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connell

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714b TIL there is a tree native to Florida, the MANCHINEEL, that is so dangerous that standing under it in the rain is enough to cause blistering if the skin is wetted by raindrops containing any sap.
XXrX TIL of Dr. Hawley Crippen, an unfaithful husband who was executed in 1910 for the murder of his wife Cora, after parts of a decomposed body were found in his cellar. Crippen claimed she had left him for another man and moved away. In 2007, DNA evidence indicated that the body was not Cora’s.
nWJKG TIL that 'double muscled' mice, having a deficiency of myostatin(a protein that inhibits muscle growth), are found to have excessive muscle growth but impaired force generation; i.e. they are more muscular, but not necessarily stronger
wLdvY TIL of a Floridian man who committed suicide, and by using a weather balloon to carry off the gun, made it appear he'd been murdered.
P1OEg TIL in 2022 China experienced its first drop in population since 1961. It had a record low birth rate of 6.77 births per 1,000 while also recording its highest death rate since 1976: 7.37 deaths per 1,000 people.