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TIL that brass surfaces kill superbugs

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rRMdy TIL: Květoslava Bartoň, born Axman. As 18 year old student she helped 45 war orphans from Slovak Valley of Death (place of most bloody battle of WWII on Eastern front). She never talked about it and asked for her story to be published after her death, because she didn't want fame or recognition.
groJ8 TIL that there are male-only species of clams that reproduce by having their sperm fertilize the eggs of other clam species, kicking out most of the egg's DNA
8eAK4 TIL about raspy crickets who produce silk and are unrelated to silkworms
6nvQ TIL that John Argyropoulos, a humanist scholar who escaped the fall of Constantinople and tutored Lorenzo D'Medici died of consuming too much watermelon.
dkK9 TIL August is anal sex month