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X0g66 TIL dominant males of the fish species Limia perugiae often become so preoccupied with fighting each other that the females end up mating with the subordinate males
Y8J7 TIL Seth Green based Chris Griffin’s voice on the voice of serial killer Buffalo Bill from “The Silence of the Lambs,” specifically how Buffalo Bill would sound speaking through a PA system at a McDonalds.
88Zb TIL that 64,000+ Americans were forcibly sterilized during the 20th century, to promote “superior genetics”. Backers included Kellogg, the Rockefeller Foundation, and Carnegie Institution. The Nazi’s were partially inspired by Americans
YpAlB TIL Japan has Pokemon manhole covers, including Magicarp in an area famous for carp varieties and Gyrados next to the largest lake in the country. All of them are Pokestops.
7aKb TIL - The first female flight attendants had to be an unwed nurse, weight between 100-118 lbs, stand 5ft to 5'4" and be 20 to 26 years old