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TIL a large portion of mercury in fish is from coal-burning power plants

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9YwLX TIL in the 1800s the dictator of Paraguay made it illegal for whites to marry other whites, creating a country where almost everyone was part Spanish, part native Guarani.
X1br TIL Corydora fish, females will attach their mouth to the males genitals and suck the sperm. The sperm rapidly moves through her intestines and is discharged together with her eggs into a pouch formed by her pelvic fins
9dGm TIL giraffes have been called “especially gay” for often engaging in homosexual behavior more than heterosexual sex
oy8r TIL the 300 different NPCs in GTA San Andreas are voiced with as much as 60,000 possible lines, making it almost impossible for any one player to have “heard” the full game audio.
DQEdJ TIL Legendary folk singer Woody Guthrie suffered and died from a hereditary disease, Huntingtons Disease that his mother also died from. His oldest two daughters died from it and son Arlo Guthrie refused to be tested but hasn't shown symptoms.