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TIL female ducks can turn into male ducks

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78QlP TIL Due to Western competition, China's liquor industry is trying to promote younger generations in their 20s to 40s to drink baijiu, a 5000 year old traditional spirit, with the Jiang Xiao Bai brand. It removes unwanted smells, and renders the product pure, with a lower alcohol proof
9J7D TIL that one of the reasons the US entered the First World War was because the British intercepted a German telegram to Mexico asking them to declare war on the US and in return Mexico would receive Texas and California
yVdQX TIL that every year, on average, the Earth gains 45,000 tons of mass due to micrometeorites and space dust, but loses 100,000 tons due to loss of atmospheric gases. It also loses 65 tons per year due to the launch of spacecraft on escape trajectories.
69WNY TIL that the civilization of Easter Island was not destroyed because the people cut the trees down. In fact, it was the europeans and their South American descendants who caused the collapse the population in this island through disease, slavery and kidnapping the few remaining locals it had.
ZQwG TIL 1/3rd of people in developed countries are infected with the brain parasite Toxoplasma gondii, which causes lower reaction times, higher testosterone production, and more masculine/dominant faces. It is believed that it changes its host to increase the probability transmission to a new host.