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TIL: Cadaverine, the toxic chemical formed by dead tissue breaking down, and the source of the corpse smell, is also responsible for giving semen its taste

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Jr58 TIL - Moray eels (along with many other species) have a second fully-functioning set of extendable jaws at the base of their throat. They alternate biting and pulling with these so that the meal is never released as they attempt to swallow live prey.
9wbZr TIL That it is illegal in Japan to try and name a child Akuma
1akYd TIL that the Salema Porgy is a species of fish that can cause hallucinations when eaten. In Ancient Rome it was consumed as a recreational drug.
OG8nR TIL Gen Z have an attention span of 1.3 seconds
VBYlG TIL America own an uninhabited zone called Howland and Baker Island, halfway between Australia and Hawaii. It observes it's own time zone called "Anywhere on Earth". A day has passed everywhere on Earth according to this time. Amelia Earhart was trying to reach here in 1937 before she disappeared.