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TIL male dolphins have been known to masturbate by wrapping a live eel around their penis

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X0BPE TIL not all placentas are disc-shaped like ours. Diffuse placentas are spread throughout the placenta (ex: horse, pig), Cotyledonary placentas are split between separate "cotyledons" (sheep, cattle). Zonary placentas are ring-shaped (dogs), and discoid placentas are circular (ex: primates, rodents)
8wYP TIL The British are close to having a single stage spacecraft capable of over 180 spaceflights a year.
joOM TIL A woman who legally added ‘Skywalker’ as a middle name had her passport rejected because of trademark infringement
5Y9Zr TIL that Samuel L. Jackson was a functional crack addict for fifteen years.
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