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TIL you’ll be hard-pressed to find a male deep sea anglerfish because early in life, he latches onto his female mate and his body fuses with hers, leaving only his testes exposed so she can reproduce.

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D7lv TIL of a living 6000-year-old hollow tree in South Africa, which contains a wine cellar and bar that can hold up to 60 people
98Yp TIL Volvo invented the three point seat belt and then gave free license to all other auto manufacturers to use it
wlo7 TIL most bamboo species only flower once every several decades, with the entire population flowering at once. When one variety flowers, the entire variety flowers at the same time around the world, regardless of location, climate, or any other factors for reasons scientists have yet to discern.
b9MQN TIL that there's actually no number spelled with the letter "a" before 1,000.
l7O4K TIL an inmate named Charles Justice was released early on parole for designing improvements to the electric chair, using metal instead of leather for the wrist restraints. Months later, he was convicted of murder and sentenced to death by the same chair he had improved