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TIL Fruit flies are considered model organisms to understand human alcoholism. Also, after extensive binge drinking males are known to engage in homosexual behavior

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Lk40Z TIL whales create the longest-lasting songs in the animal kingdom with one session lasting up to 23 hours and the sound traveling for thousands of miles (estimated to be more than 6000km). At up to 180 decibels, it can also match the loudness of a jet plane.
9wKxD TIL New evidence suggests that crusaders rode horses that were the size of modern ponies.
mxORY TIL that, not only the Normandy scene in Saving Private Ryan cost $11m to shoot, but also most of the soldiers seen were actually members of the Irish Defence Forces.
RWN7 TIL that Canadian engineers wear a ring to remind them of the seriousness of their profession.
VMa9D TIL the Iranian police once arrested a female serial killer who admitted her foremost influence was Agatha Christie's works of crime fiction