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TIL an endangered parrot in New Zealand would only mate with people's heads, so they made an ejaculation helmet for people to wear, the parrot to fuck and the helmet to collect the rare semen.

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Z8ZXD TIL 1920s Bootlegger George Remus had one of the worst breakups in history. His wife, owning all his assets, divorced him, tried to have him deported, hired a hitman to kill him, and left him with $100 from a Multi-Million dollar empire.
D1jBp TIL Bees need to drink water. When there is not enough water in the hive, then foraging worker bees will quit forage and help with water collection.
Me5R7 TIL that in 2017 to AI chatbots created their own language to negotiate with each other
9wN9Q TIL that former 16th POTUS Abraham Lincoln was inducted into the Wrestling Hall of Fame with a record of 300+ wins and only 1 loss over a decade's time during his youth.
Z8Rb4 TIL about King Farouk of Egypt, who was condemned as lustful, greedy, sybaritic, and avaricious, yet one author wrote that he was the victim of "sizeism", charging that Farouk was condemned for his lifestyle because he was fat and bald.