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TIL there was a press event from 2001 where over twenty military, intelligence, government and scientific witnesses came forward and discovered at least 57 extraterrestrial species.

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d8DOd TIL male fruit flies drink away pain of rejection. Males who had been rejected and who'd gotten lucky had the option of eating normal food or food spiked with alcohol. While the happy/lucky fruit flies had no preference, the rejected fruit flys were far more likely to eat the alcohol-infused food.
MeXbB TIL That Prisoners made helmets for the US Military and thousands of them were defective.
6EPwX TIL of the Gympie Gympie or suicide plant Dendrocnide moroides, its hairs can penetrate protective gear. It has a crippling neurotoxin that can last from days to years. Brushing your hand against it can make you throw up from the pain. Using it as toilet paper has made people shoot themselves
Lkvjm TIL that Cillian Murphy was vegetarian for about 15 years prior to working on Peaky Blinders. Saying it was never a moral decision. It was more that he was worried about getting mad cow disease.
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