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6Bm7 TIL that testicles have taste receptors and they are essential for reproduction. In testing with mice, researchers found that when the taste receptors were removed from the mice, the mice became infertile.
6EdVW TIL about the Yellow Fleet, a group of 15 boats trapped in the Suez Canal due to the Six Day War. The multinational crew formed a lawless entity for 8 years and even had recognized postal stamps.
1Drd TIL Venus flytraps were believed to be an alien species because they seemed to grow in places where meteorites were found. It was thought they had been brought to Earth by meteors.
oB1kE TIL The only known armed Nazi military operation on North American soil was installation of Weather Station Kurt by a German u-boat team. It was accidentally discovered in 1977.
9nW6 TIL that Scientology used to sponsor race cars in the 1980’s