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WXp9 TIL that in 2011, Two farmers fed up with bribe demands dumped over 40 live snakes in a local tax office in India
ADWwB TIL Lyndon Johnson's closest aide, Walter Jenkins, was forced to resign when he was arrested for gay sex. Johnson's wife publically supported Jenkins in a time when homosexuality was heavily scorned.
XElKQ TIL that ceviche fish (fish marinated in acidic juices) creates the same reaction as cooking the fish. By 'denaturing' the fish proteins (basically changing their structure) to firm up the flesh as if cooked. Then flavour to taste!
ggy4 TIL Biotech firm Pembient has managed to 3-D print fake rhino horns that are genetically identical knock offs. The company plans to flood Chinese rhino horn market at one-eighth of the price of the original, undercutting the price poachers can get and forcing them out eventually.
4XP8X TIL that Mermaids were originally considered a symbol for Prostitution