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TIL Japanese Yakuza used to implant glass “pearls” in their penis for every year they served in prison.

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0dRgR TIL that the Platypus appears to locate prey through a combination of electroreceptors (which sense electric fields) and mechanoreceptors (which sense pressure changes) located in their bill - they even close their eyes, ears, and nose while hunting.
jNYGE TIL House Sparrows and other birds have been known to use shopping carts as Trojan Horses to enter stores.
dr6Q TIL lobster used to be “poor people’s food”. A can of lobster was cheaper than a can of baked beans.
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dD5Mr TIL that Vitali Klitschko was never knocked down in his boxing career and also had a KO percentage of 87%.