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TIL Bats give each other blowjobs.

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ne4Ao TIL that scientists can get four football fields’ worth of skin (for burn victims) from a single baby’s foreskin.
KZw6 TIL that the croissant, due to a legend that it was created to celebrate Christian victories over Islam, has been banned by some Islamic fundamentalists.
BrmaK TIL that Carrie Fisher was originally cast as Miss Scarlet in the 1985 cult classic film ‘Clue’ but was replaced last minute by Lesley Ann Warren after the insurance company for the film wouldn’t cover Carrie Fisher because she had just checked into an outpatient rehab for cocaine addiction.
yQgPV TIL All mammals (and possible all animals) have, within an order of magnitude, the same number of heart beats in their lifetime
grNlL TIL: Franklin D. Roosevelt—the four-term U.S. president—had a long-term secret affair with Lucy Mercer, the former secretary of his wife Eleanor.