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TIL that at least one third of all duck sex is forced, and female ducks are constantly evolving ways to not get pregnant from constant rape.

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Z8yJo TIL Shinjuku Station in Tokyo is the busiest transport hub in the world - used by an average of 3.6 million people per day
9oXm TIL there is a full-sized replica of Stonehenge in Texas, appropriately named “Stonehenge II”
M6Rm TIL there’s a man with a neurological condition rendering his vision, feeling and hearing out of sync. He hears people speak before seeing their lips move, and can hear own his voice before he feels his jaw movements.
oBn5r TIL that the dome of the Neutrino detector under the mount Gran Sasso (Italy), has been done with bricks of lead 2000 years old found in a anciet Roman ship
JYboB TIL of Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians. Eldest daughter of Alfred the Great who ruled the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia and played a key role in conquering the Danelaw.