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TIL that according to OK Cupid, asking "do you like the taste of beer" is the single best predictor among men and women if he or she has sex on the first date.

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wLbl8 TIL of Ignác Trebitsch, an Orthodox Jew con artist who spent time as a Protestant missionary, Anglican priest, British MP, German double-agent, Nazi collaborator, and Buddhist abbot.
wLQK6 TIL The gas bags inside hydrogen airships of the 1930s were made from the outer layer of a cow’s intestines. Joined together when wet, the living tissues grow together, creating an impermeable bond. The gas bags of the Graf Zeppelin were made from the guts of around half a million cows.
l71Y1 TIL that muscles, which we eat, start out as parasites
8aEgZ TIL that China experienced an episode of mango hysteria in 1968. Upon receiving them as diplomatic gifts, Mao had them distributed across the country where songs, poems, rallies and altars were built in the mangoes’ honor. A dentist was even executed for comparing a mango to a sweet potato.
6EnQQ TIL about Harpreet Dev, a licensed taxi driver who for over a decade legally drives everywhere backwards. He is also the backward driving champion.