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TIL that platypus will attack hidden batteries in their habitat after sensing their voltage and believing them to be prey.

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nxeo TIL that in Indonesia, the penalty for masturbation is decapitation
Xde6 TIL that in 1915, scam artist Charles Hatfield convinced the town of San Diego that he could create rainfall using a secret mix of chemicals. The city offered to pay him $10,000 if he could end their drought, and the ‘result,’ a few days later, was the town’s worst flood of the 20th century.
b6869 TIL that Electric Vehicles Lithium batteries are very difficult to extinguish in case of setting fire. It takes as much water as on a regular house fire. EV’s can also catch fire several weeks after a crash .
Mbp0 TIL The Numa Numa viral video was first uploaded to NewGrounds in 2004 - Youtube did not exist at the time
JE74 TIL there is controversy about scientists naming a protein “sonic hedgehog”. A mutation in this protein can cause serious birth defects and many scientists/clinicians dislike the idea of telling parents their child has “a mutation in their sonic hedgehog”