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TIL Pandas have pissing contests by peeing upside down while doing handstands.

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Bgy6L TIL About the botched execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith, which occurred after a stay of execution was lifted and a central I.V. was misplaced several times. Smith was left hyperventilating and sweating, unable to move, but did not die. He's now scheduled to be executed in 2024 by Nitrogen.
QVWE TIL Diogenes, an ancient Greek philosopher, would masturbate in public. When asked why he would respond, “If only it were as easy to banish hunger by rubbing my belly.”
ZppyR TIL In paleontology, an "Elvis taxon" is a group of organisms that was thought to have re-emerged from extinction, but in reality has actually merely developed a similar evolution, "in recognition of the many Elvis impersonators who have appeared since the death of The King."
4G5w TIL: after opening the tomb of Casimir IV of Lithuania and Poland in 1973, 4 of the 12 present died within a few days, and 6 more soon afterwards
VBERD TIL One serving of Kiwi has more potassium than a banana, more vitamin C than an orange, and more vitamin E & K than an avocado. (Page 4)