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TIL that Walt Disney’s last words were “Kurt Russell,” and that no one, including Kurt Russell, knows what he meant.

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Vwa4 TIL that female bedbugs don’t have vaginas and that male bedbugs have to make one with a razor-like penis to breed
4klLR TIL Birds of the same species can have regional accents. These accents, which go unnoticed by humans, are biologically significant for birds as they use songs for mating, territory defense, and communication. Avian accents may develop like the human game of “Telephone.”
ZgVa TIL - The Earth is 4.6 billion years old. If you scale this to 46 years then the human race has been here for just 4 hours. The Industrial Revolution began just 1 minute ago and in that time, 50% of the Earth’s forests have been destroyed.
wygJ TIL Walt Disney was a high school drop out and he was fired by a newspaper editor because, “he lacked imagination and had no ideas”.
QNeLe TIL Wife selling was an alternative to expensive divorce in 17th century England. The sake was announced in advance and took the form of an auction, often at a local market, to which the wife would be led by a halter (usually of rope but sometimes of ribbon)around her neck, or arm.