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TIL that multiple animals, including Adele Penguins and Chimpanzees, participate in prostitution.

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XD18 TIL that the YMCA threatened to sue the Village People for their song YMCA until they noticed their membership significantly increased in the wake of the song’s popularity
Oo4AL TIL that Greenland Sharks born around the time of the American Civil War are still juveniles. The maximum lifespan of a Greenland Shark is ~400-500 years old.
xVyL7 TIL Engineers figured out how to build a nuclear-powered plane without hurting the crew, but it failed cost/benefit analysis and was cancelled
e07o5 TIL that the philosopher Kurt Gödel starved to death whilst his wife was in hospital because he had an obsessive fear of being poisoned and would only eat food that she cooked
KYonJ TIL the US Department of Agriculture published guidance on how to dispose of horses with explosives [PDF]