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TIL that ducks and ostriches produce erections by pumping lymphatic fluid (rather than blood) into their penis

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m15NO TIL the post office allows cremated human remains to be mailed by priority mail, and in some cases internationally, with a special label. They also have a specification publication on how to pack the box.
wolWY TIL Descartes was about to publish "The World" in 1633 but then he learned that Galileo had been condemned for publishing the view that the Earth revolves around the Sun. Descartes suppressed his book but still hoped that his physics would one day be taught in Catholic schools
yrZV TIL that “Jake from State Farm” actually works at State Farm and his name is actually Jake.
R7nZ9 TIL that in the Battle of Shiloh there was a strange phenomenon of soldiers having wounds that glow in the dark, because they the wounds were infected with a type of luminescent bacteria.
a65M TIL Tom from Myspace cracked the Chase Manhattan Bank computer system at 14. He was the target in one of the largest FBI raids in California history. He got off because of his age.