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TIL the physics of surfing.

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yVYAJ TIL that bird migration wasn’t proved until 1822. Before then, theories to explain their seasonal disappearance included hibernation and transforming into mice.
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WlE4 TIL that the cast of the 1979 science fiction horror film ‘Alien’ was never told about the chestburster scene in order to capture the authentic fear of the actors
e0JeL TIL that Japan's population is rapidly declining, and Tohoku University established a countdown to national extinction - research estimates that the nation "will have only one remaining child in 4025".
BgGgx TIL the only (1st generation) human hybrid ever discovered isn't even a homo sapien; she's half Neanderthal and half-Denisovan