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TIL Male ducks shed and regrow their penis each breeding season…

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nWJYd TIL pickleball is the fastest growing sport in the United States with participation up 159% since 2019. Followed by golf (off-course) up 57% and skateboarding up 36%.
vPLQr TIL Abraham Lincoln was an active wrestler and became county wrestling champion at the age of 21.
R7eW9 Today I learned that James Earl Ray, who killed MLK Jr., escaped prison in 1977 but was caught 3 days later due to the harsh wilderness. He only trekked 8 miles.
4QGR TIL The scene in Spiderman (2002) where Peter Parker catches Mary Jane’s tray in the school cafeteria does not have any CGI. The whole thing was actually done by Tobey Maguire himself. It took him 156 takes to get it perfectly.
LZer TIL “Hell is other people,” is a quote from a play called ‘No Exit.’ It actually means that we see what we hate about ourselves in other people and judge ourselves by their reactions. So when you say it, you’re more or less saying, man I’m really an awful person.