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TIL 1 out of every 77 neonatal (first 4 weeks of life) male deaths is a result of circumcision. That’s more deaths than suffocation and cat accidents. Geez.

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8ayEK TIL that when female rabbits think they're pregnant they pull their fur out and make a nest.
x65eB TIL - People with sickle cell can be more prone to have prolonged erections.
R5wXw TIL no human fatalities have been recorded in the 18 documented, unprovoked attacks by hammerhead sharks (within the genus Sphyrna) since 1580 CE.
GYkE7 TIL doctors from UCLA found unique blood cells that can help fight infections in a man from Seattle's spleen, so they stole the cells from his body and developed it into medicine without paying him, getting his consent, or even letting him know they were doing it.
1DaV TIL that the year on bottles of wine is the year the grapes were picked, not the year the wine was bottled.