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TIL that parasitic isopods change sex like the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park but in reverse.

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EwM0 TIL Bear, a Canadian bestiality novel, won a prestigious literary award and was a bestseller
VB0v4 TIL there is a tiny strip of land within Yellowstone Park called the “Zone of Death”. A constitutional quirk would allow a murder or other crime to take place, but not have enough resident to form a jury. Theoretically allowing a “get away with murder free zone”.
RyRl TIL that Venezuela has the largest proven oil reserves in the world, surpassing Saudi Arabia
QJmxE TIL the US made Schoolhouse Rock-like cartoons called The Metric Marvels in 1978 to prepare the country to switch to the metric system
XE8Dj TIL that a capitonym is a word that changes meaning when capitalized. For instance, "China" refers to the country, while "china" refers to ceramic dinnerware.