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TIL the probability of a blue lobster existing is about one in two million

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7Gbb TIL there are languages without the terms “Left, Right, Front, and Behind.” These cultures use “North, South, East, and West” their whole lives no matter if they are in a room or in the woods. The result is a compass brain. They always know how they are oriented.
VMPLp TIL that ‘smell dispensers’ mimicking the smell of lion shit is used to scare off deer and wild boar despite these animals having never met a lion.
Mby7 TIL federal prisoners must pay $0.05 per minute to read and type emails, despite earning as little as $0.23 per hour
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