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TIL that sexually frustrated fruit flies drown their sorrow in booze, while 'satisfied' males prefer non-alcoholic nourishment

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lobnr TIL the Resusci Anne (CPR doll) is based on an actual person's face, who lived over 100 years ago.
0571 [TIL] Four months after shooting American Sniper Chris Kyle dead, Eddie Routh confessed “I was just riding in the back seat of the truck, and nobody would talk to me. They were just taking me to the range, so I shot them. I feel bad about it, but they wouldn’t talk to me.”
XAr TIL that c800, the Muslim scientist al-Jahiz developed a theory of evolution involving natural selection and passing on of successful genes
5Y1b9 TIL prehistoric hunter-gatherer tribes had an average group limit of 50 people. Incidentally, modern research shows that in the video game World of Warcraft, maximum group player cohesiveness occurs at a limit of 50 players.
mAKE TIL there is only one time zone for all of India. India does not observe any form of daylight saving time or any other seasonal adjustments to the time.