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TIL Tossing Puffin Chicks off of a cliff in Iceland is vital to the survival of the species

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PYnNn TIL that a single species of spiders reproduces by a process known as “traumatic insemination”, in which the male sedates the female and proceeds to pierce her abdomen with one of its two penises to directly deposit sperm on its ovaries.
En87 TIL when Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises he tried to ride them
gnVW TIL that, over time, an amount of petroleum equal to 80 Exxon Valdez oil-spills, 100 to 150 barrels/day, has naturally bubbled up through seeps into the ocean floor sediment off the coast of Santa Barbra, CA. It is still continuing as you read this.
R95a TIL That famous philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau so enjoyed S&M, he used to drop his trousers in the street and charge ass-first towards groups of women in the hopes of being spanked.
eLxb TIL Scientists disagree about whether plants can think, feel, and communicate. They mostly agree about the facts, so the disagreement is about what to call it: “communicate” versus “signal”. Some say plants are intelligent, and they have sufficient memory to “train” them to change their “behavior”.