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TIL female fish can fake an orgasm to trick the male into thinking they've successfully mated and swim off to find a better partner.

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5Kl9 TIL that banks have therapists who help their super rich clients who mentally unable to cope with their immense wealth.
6rew TIL the original ‘Teddy Bear’ was inspired by a cartoon of President Theodore Roosevelt sparing a wounded bear while on a hunting trip. Based on this success, in the next election, William Taft supporters tried and failed to popularize a stuffed possum associated with their candidate.
Y7mdv TIL that Point Nemo is the most remote place on Earth, with its coordinates being 48°52.6′S 123°23.6′W, and it’s known as the Oceanic Pole of Inaccessibility; it’s located approximately 1,450 nautical miles from the nearest land
gMaab TIL the electric chair was intended to be more humane than hanging. But the first in NY in 1890 took 8 minutes and two attempts. Comments included "they would have done better using an axe", and "an awful spectacle, far worse than hanging".
BeYe TIL a 10 year girl saved hundreds of people during the Thailand Boxing day Tsunami of 2004 after learning about the warning signs of Tsunami 2 weeks prior.