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TIL Mr. Snuffleupagus’ parents got a divorce

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7r5YL TIL that the most successful hunter in the animal kingdom is the dragon fly which catches 95% of the prey it pursues (compared to owls, hawks, and falcons 25% success rate). This is due to an impressive suite of evolved adaptations that have remained largely unchanged since the Permian age.
E8Lw TIL that the Netherlands voted “Swaffelen” as their word of the year in 2008. It means to repeatedly smack one’s penis against someone or something.
gx0D TIL that due to the growing popularity of ‘pubic grooming’, genital crabs are now an endangered species.
gMD5W TIL diaeresis mark (the two little dots above a vowel) indicates that the second vowel should be pronounced independently of the first. Some examples are naïve, and the given names Chloë and Zoë
XEoNQ TIL that the "You eat X spiders in your sleep per year" myth was made up for an article about how false facts spread in the Internet.