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TIL Amazon river dolphins have been observed to insert their penises into others’ blowholes, which makes this the only known example of “nasal sex”.

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4XLRR TIL Anglo-Saxon courts never attempted to unearth the facts in a case, it was up to each party to get as many people as possible to swear in their favor since it was assumed that any person of good standing would be able to find enough people to swear to their innocence to bolster their case.
4Lk6 TIL gay swans will form temporary threesomes with females to obtain an egg, before driving her away.
YpKA TIL that in the 90s, Corn Nuts used the slogan “Bust a Nut” in a radio campaign. It was pulled after complaints.
NmAE TIL that the southern United States converted all its railroads from broad gauge (5 feet/1.524 meters) to standard gauge (4 feet 8 1⁄2 inches/​1.435 meters) in 36 hours starting on May 31, 1886
E1M0o TIL guitarist Josh Klinghoffer was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Red Hot Chili Peppers at age 32 (the youngest ever inductee), and was only 4 years old when RHCP was founded.