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TIL Iraq has spent $85M on fake bomb detectors

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59Qp TIL that the backgrounds of Batman The Animated Series were drawn on black paper instead of white to show a darker tone.
p8gLZ TIL that the earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking or knowledge of the coffee tree appears in the middle of the 15th century and none before that.
XDM6 TIL cats show you their butthole as a way of telling you they’re comfortable with you.
69dKm TIL that women hold 14 of the longest 23 neutral endurance records in marathon swimming
JYPZk Today I learned about the death spiral. It's when two eagles soar up to high altitude, lock talons, and tumble and cartwheel toward Earth They let go before reaching the ground, it is part of a mating ritual