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TIL alligators have permanently erect penises

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KYNOG TIL that non-biting midges are among the most important pollinators in the Arctic. Only about 4,000 insect species have been identified in these regions, and nearly half are flies. These hardy little critters play a critical role in the ecosystem through their pollination efforts.
mxLxM TIL that Human civilization has caused the loss of 83% of all wild mammals and half of plants.
x6AB7 TIL bees are the only known species other than humans that can tell the difference between odd and even numbers.
WkQlX TIL coins thrown into the Trevi fountain in Rome where collected by an Italian man for 34 years. Doing this 6 days a week; making sometimes as much as $1000 for a 15 minutes splash. He started fishing the fountain in 1968.
JYkvj TIL famous French philosopher René Descartes died in Stockholm, Sweden after contracting pneumonia at the cold and draughty castle of Queen Christina which he agreed to teach her 3 times a week at 5am.