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TIL Captive Giant Pandas were shown a video of pandas mating in the wild, in an effort to get them to mate in the female's 3-day breeding cycle. When "Yongyong" tried to mount "Ke Lin", she fought him off; but after Ke Lin viewed the "panda pornography," the pair mated successfully.

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wlWM TIL in 1992 an Israeli cargo plane crashed in Amsterdam killing 43 people. Israel claimed it was carrying flowers and perfume. It took 6yrs and a Dutch parliamentary inquiry before they admitted it was carrying DMMP, a key component for sarin nerve gas.
neZ7W TIL baseball has a “golden ticket” that gives free admission to any game. It’s given to players after 8 years in the major leagues, people who have worked for a team for 25 years, and other VIPs. NASA astronauts, returning Vietnam POWs, and the the 1979 hostages in Iran were all given one.
XALP TIL there was a woman who was pregnant for 46 years
o7mA TIL that there’s a biological reason why we generally hate the sound of our own voice. We hear our own voices as higher-pitched, so we are surprised to hear a recording that sounds lower than what we’ve learned to expect.
Z8emo TIL that corn is a grain, a vegetable and a fruit