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TIL the Nuclear Gandhi bug from Civilization actually never existed

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w0wW TIL that earthworms do NOT surface to avoid drowning when it rains… Instead, they come to the surface to move overland. Since worms breathe through their skin, the skin must stay wet in order for the oxygen to pass through it. And earthworms can actually survive for several weeks under water…
LkePm TIL that Mick Jagger and David Bowie had an affair (according to Bowie's first wife, among others)
4kAd5 TIL During the 1966-1976 Irish Bank Strikes, the Irish economy essentially continued business as usual as a result of the trust and conversational personal contact circulating across local communities through the pubs.
06N TIL it’s “illegal” to be fat in Japan. Your waistline is measured every year and if it’s too high, you are giving dieting guidance. Companies and local governments that fail to meet requirements will receive financial penalties.
OGbP4 TIL about the last Kauai ōʻō bird in world and its last song. It was last recorded in 1987, singing to a mate that would never come, and has since been declared extinct.