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TIL Hens can spontaneously become roosters

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R5bQ7 TIL that when The Roots of Heaven was filmed in French Equatorial Africa, there were 900 sick calls from a crew of only 120 people.
5YmVp TIL that humans are killing 100 million sharks every year (per 2018) and that the consumption of shark fin soup, primarily in China and Vietnam, is the biggest reason behind the massive figure, contributing directly to the killing of almost half of the sharks.
6EMA8 TIL sea otters have the densest fur in the world, with around 140,000 hairs per sq cm
ZDjR TIL that the saying “when it rains, it pours” actually comes from the tagline of Morton Salt, whose ionized salt didn’t clump in damp/humid weather
8agP8 TIL Zardoz is a film about flying stone heads, barbarians, eternal life, a vortex, renegades, Beethoven’s 7th & Sean Connery as “Zed” learning to read & saving humanity in a red speedo, knee-high leather boots & pony tail