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TIL that China has banned live streams of people eating bananas in a “seductive” fashion.

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rGWx TIL Vaginal Secretions contain a component found in shark livers called squalene. The chemical is also found in cosmetics as it is an excellent moisturizer that doesn’t leave the skin feeling greasy
7r8ax TIL that technology based on the skin of poison dart frogs may solve aviations ice problem on airplane wings.
LQKrm TIL drummer Artimus Pyle of Lynyrd Skynyrd was onboard when their plane crashed near Baton Rouge. Suffering broken ribs he reached a farm with others. A farmer mistook them for escaped convicts, firing a shot in the air to leave. Pyle finally convinced him they were in a plane crash and needed help.
woO7Y TIL that listed among the most secure places in the world, alongside Fort Knox and Area 51, is a parking garage in Derby, England.
NmG8 TIL that, during WWII, the Russians used a biplane on the Eastern Front that was so slow, German planes couldn’t target it without potentially stalling.