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TIL that Scientists have discovered 'Gwada Negative'- a brand new blood type found in just one 68 year old woman on Earth

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40pg TIL that, on worldwide average, 96 elephants are killed per day, 96 cows are killed every 10 seconds and 96 chickens are killed every 0.05 seconds.
1YO8 TIL that because Boeing expected supersonic passenger airliners to render the 747 and other subsonic airliners obsolete, they designed the 747 with a hump to allow the aircraft to be easily converted for cargo by installing a front cargo door below the flight deck.
BrVdk TIL of Rick Rescorla, a security consultant for Morgan Stanley who anticipated the 9/11 attacks and implemented practice emergency evacuations every 3 months. During the attacks he managed to evacuate most of the 2,687 employees and died trying to help even more people out of the buildings.
4k1Wg TIL Wendy's (fastfood chain) released a diss album called We Beefin? The album art is an homage to Ready to Die by The Notorious B.I.G., and the title a reference to their 80's 'Where's the Beef?' marketing campaign.
WbbL TIL it’s illegal to “pursue, shoot, shoot at, poison, wound, kill, capture, trap, collect, molest or disturb” a bald eagle in the US