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TIL that female dragonfiles often fake their own deaths to avoid having sex.

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j6xvp TIL The American Red Cross provided free donuts during WWII to US Soldiers until the Secretary of War asked them to charge after complaints from their British counterparts, who had to pay for their snacks.
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