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TIL the Church of England considers the character of Mewtwo to be a good Christian Role Model

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M7Xom TIL about the Bajau people, a sea fairing Austronesian group who have evolved bigger spleens, letting them store more haemoglobin-rich blood, which is expelled into the bloodstream when the spleen contracts at depth. They also intentionally rupture their eardrums.
J1DZk TIL in 1991 a British man who'd been swimming in the sea with a male wild dolphin was charged with indecency and sent to Crown Court for his treatment of the dolphin. The jury unanimously declared him innocent, leading his local MP to declare: ''This is the most ridiculous case I have heard of."
R5rE1 TIL Oenothera drummondii (beach evening primrose) flowers respond to the specific frequency of flying bee sounds by producing sweeter nectar within 3 minutes
JdJ4 TIL that President Lyndon B. Johnson used to troll guests in his car by driving into a lake whilst pretending that the brakes were failing – the car was, secretly, an amphibious vehicle.
XEP58 TIL Thomas Edison was almost killed by a badger which struck a train whilst he was travelling on its cowcatcher on his way to Wyoming for an eclipse.