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TIL that otters engage in necrophelia so much that it’s beginning to impact their populations

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WkEX9 TIL that in the middle of the Great Depression, a man placed an offer in an Ohio newspaper, saying: If you’re in trouble, write me. Many people sent him desperate letters, needing things like shoes, a coat, mercy, food, and to save their family from despair. And back came checks, under a pseudonym.
8dNP TIL Post-workout muscles aren’t sore because of lactic acid buildup–that’s a myth by a doctor who experimented on a severed frog. It’s actually a fuel made from glucose and burned by the muscles to maintain energy.
PQn TIL in Australia you need to have completed a secondary education to become a prostitute
b9E5N TIL: Berries are simple fruits stemming from one flower. This means that pineapples, bananas, watermelon, pumpkins, and avocados are berries.
M7mR8 TIL the only English Pope choked on a fly and died.