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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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R5MK1 TIL Texas and California have bigger GDPs (2022) than most counties ranked by GDP. California's massive 3.6 trillion GDP and Texas's similarly massive 2.4 trillion GDP puts them at rank 4th and 6th respectively among other countries in the world.
5YWar TIL that Coca-Cola used to have a small amount of cocaine in it. It was added there for “medicinal purposes” and was the “Coca” in “Coca-Cola”. The “Cola” in it’s name was named after the kola nuts in the drink.
RrYw TIL that in the 80s the Medellin Cartel had a complex in the jungle called Tranquility-land; it had 19 cocaine laboratories, 8 airstrips, running water, its own electricity system and bedrooms for the workers. When it was raided, 13.8 tons of cocaine were destroyed.
oRvWR TIL There’s A World Championship For Microsoft Excel Spreadsheets. In 2019, the competition attracted over 850,000 candidates from 119 countries
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