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TIL cheetahs were at one point so close to extinction, their genetic diversity has become too low for their immune system to recognize a "nonself". Skin grafts exchanged between unrelated cheetahs are accepted as if they were clones or identical twins.

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8L48 TIL shooting point blank mean shooting in a range where you don’t have to account for gravity
koPd TIL the Canadian Foreskin Awareness Program is known as CAN-FAP
4kbEg TIL that China "overtook" Europe in terms of GDP. In 1960 China had 59B, Europe 900B. In 1995 China had 699B, Europe 6T. As today China has around 19T and Europe 18T (All these datas are approximated). In the end, one country became "richer" than 20+ countries together in less than 70 years
5YaXp [TIL] you should not pee on a jellyfish sting because it might make worse. Instead you should gently try to remove the tentacles in salt water or gently scrape them off with something plastic like a credit card.
pw5O TIL in the 1860s, British policemen had the right to legally examine almost any woman’s private parts