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TIL that the Mangrove Killifish is hermaphroditic and can fertilize its own eggs with its own sperm, making it the only known vertebrate species capable of self-fertilization

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4XjkJ TIL that government agencies are training eagles to take down drones flying in restricted airspace and warfare situations
NJr8 TIL that the name ‘Clint Eastwood’ is an anagram for 'Old West Action’.
kkbm TIL: The only notable person known to have both been born and died on February 29 was Sir James Wilson (1812–1880), Premier of Tasmania
R7aN7 TIL that in North Carolina, men are legally allowed to continue having sex even if a woman revokes consent.
BZ4W TIL that author Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a 50,000 word novel without using the letter “e”. To this day it is considered one of the finest examples of constrained writing.