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TIL that Wikipedia has banned Scientologists from editing any articles having to do with Scientology

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vPblD TIL we don't actually know why testicles are outside the body; theories like due to heat fail since many animals like elephants or birds have testicles inside the body AND a higher internal temperature; others like ‘galloping hypothesis’ were proposed but all theories have failed one way or another
DQErJ TIL about magnolia plants are so old that they are pollinated by beetles, because they were around before the advent of bees.
014v TIL last time somebody died from a spider bite in Australia was in 1979
4ko7R TIL Hideki Tojo’s dentures had "Remember Pearl Harbor" engraved into them in morse code
Zplxv TIL there are 8 Mediterranean seas. In oceanography, a Mediterranean sea is defined as a mostly enclosed body of water with limited exchange with outer oceans, where water circulation is primarily driven by salinity and temperature differences rather than winds or tides.