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TIL - Falcons are more closely related to parrots than hawks or eagles

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m1xlR TIL a woman from IN named Linda Darby murdered her husband by poisoning, shooting, and burning his body 1970. Two years into a life sentence, she escaped prison and began a quiet life as Linda McElroy in TN, evading capture for 35 years before being caught again and sent back to prison in 2007.
gxv7 TIL there is a 50,000 word novel that was written without using a single word containing the letter “e”
l105 TIL Russian scientists were able to bring back an arctic flower, extinct for 32,000 years, from a seed that’s been borrowed by an ice age squirrel
QNZJ6 TIL Nuclear-powered aircraft were researched by both the USA and Soviet Union, but were ultimately impractical compared to submarines and ICBMs
kkR5 TIL that after being rejected by 20 publishers, Frank Herbert’s 1965 sci-fi classic Dune was finally picked up by Chilton Books. The publisher was previously known only for those big car repair manuals sold in auto parts stores.