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Today I learned that Fruit flies can sing

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v19bj TIL that a fumi-e was a likeness of Jesus or Mary which the religious authorities of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan required suspected Christians to step on, in order to demonstrate that they were not members of the outlawed religion.
ANrg4 TIL the Mu Us desert in China was completely wiped out by reforestation efforts
16Bp7 TIL that BMW was founded by a son of the inventor of the four-stroke gasoline engine Nicolaus Otto
Em9X TIL that the man who discovered the precursor to Viagra presented his findings at a national urology meeting with a chemically induced boner, which he revealed when he removed his pants during the presentation.
jW4p TIL that the Day of the Dead was not celebrated with a parade in Mexico city till Mexican tourism officials were inspired by the opening scene of the James Bond film, Spectre.