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TIL of Drosophila bifurca, the record-holder for the longest sperm cells in nature (20x its body-length)

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PDO TIL that a plane crashed in the Democratic Republic of Congo, killing 20 people, because everyone onboard ran to one end of the plane and it became severely imbalanced. Why did they do this?-They were fleeing a crocodile! Also the croc survived the crash
wRnP TIL Hydrochloric Acid does not digest food. | It sanitizes the stomach, denatures uncooked protein, and activates an enzyme called Pepsin that does digest food.
0d6LN TIL: Iran's interists in washington DC were represented by the algerian embassy from 1981-1992 and the pakistani embassy since 1992
QOoX TIL Leslie Nielsen used to carry a fart noisemaker everywhere he went.
YpPXr TIL in 2012, a borough in the city of London commissioned the design of a bench that was made to deter use for sleeping, littering, skateboarding, drug dealing, graffiti and theft. It has been called the "perfect anti-object" and a "masterpiece of unpleasant design".