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TIL that women’s voices are higher-pitched during ovulation to attract men for fertilization.

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xma7 TIL Uber is illegal in Finland. Cops regularly “catch” drivers, and fine them €300. Drivers routinely ask passengers to sit up front and act like they’re friends.
PYA1E TIL that a pound of US quarters and a pound of dimes both equal twenty dollars.
O8ja TIL that the end of a tape mesaure is supposed to move back and forth to account for its own width in inside/outside measurements
9EQG TIL a group of rabbits is called a ‘fluffle’
J1nKB TIL that in 1960, Sir Edmund Hillary went on an expedition to find evidence of the yeti. He returned with two scraps of fur that locals claimed was “yeti fur,” but was later found to be from the pelt of a rare Tibetan blue bear.