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TIL that whales can get infected by lice and every whale species has its corresponding louse species.

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p8KYG TIL that virgin ghosts are a figure in Korean folklore who are young women who died before marriage and cannot go to the afterlife. They can curse newlywed couples and can be gotten rid of by marrying them to an unmarried male ghost.
6LPW TIL that due to naturally-occurring potassium isotopes in a banana, using it as a “banana-phone” delivers a higher, albeit tiny dose of ionizing (DNA-damaging) radiation into your head compared an actual cellphone, which only emits non-ionizing radiation.
PYYEG TIL bears and seals share a common ancestor under the infraorder Arctoidea, the same infraorder that also includes red pandas, skunks, wolverines and more in Musteloidea.
DQoQr TIL A Japanese researcher took his own life after his research revealed the presence of Fireblight in native pear trees, resulting in a government cover-up and him being blamed by farmers for their lost revenue
awdLo TIL a man shot himself in the face after the bullet ricocheted off an armadillo he was attempting to kill