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TIL that Seagulls stamp their feet to imitate rain, causing worms to surface

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P1GE TIL in the 50s physicians performed accurate pregnancy tests by injecting urine from the supposedly pregnant women into a frog. If the frog produced eggs within 24 hrs the test was positive.
0w7w1 TIL that if you were to visit the southernmost part of Canada, you would be south of 13 U.S. states and parts of California, Nevada, and Utah
xgWg TIL a 16yo British was found dead, surrounded by 42 cans of aerosol body spray. He would apparently spray himself down daily to avoid showering and died from inhaling large amounts of the butane propellant in the product.
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kOjo1 TIL Cambodian superstition says that opposite sex twins were lovers in a past life whose relationship was ill-fated, causing them to be born as twins and preventing them from marrying in this life.