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TIL that some types of herring communicate by passing gas.

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X0bo6 TIL that it's impossible to know exactly how long 6 months will take, because "leap seconds" can be added to our clocks with only 6 months of warning.
0dxDj TIL of pirate captain Edward Low (1690-1724). Active for only 3 years, he's widely regarded as one of the most vicious pirates of all time. In one incident, he cut off the lips of a captured ship's captain, broiled them, and fed them to the man before killing him and his crew
rNnW1 TIL New Zealand trialled anonymous testicle checks, which involved booths with a glory hole style hole for a doctor to stick his hand through and feel your testicles.
R7ngl TIL Marshmallows were originally made from from the mallow plant, which grows in marshes..
4kAR5 TIL of the 'Berkeley Mafia' a group of University of California economists in Indonesia who were given technocratic positions under the Suharto dictatorship during the late 1960s. Their work focused on promoting free-market capitalism in Indonesia.