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TIL that there is a mutation in male fruit flies that make them homosexual

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DR4Y TIL Jehovah’s Witnesses have falsely predicted the end of the world 20 times.
X0Br8 TIL about the Iguanodon featured on the Maidstone coat of arms, honouring the discovery of its fossilised remains in 1834 at Bensted’s Quarry, which helped reaffirm the hypothesis that such remains belonged to prehistoric animals.
8amGK TIL that in Alaska, it is illegal to be drunk in a bar. Per state laws, a person who is already drunk may not “knowingly” enter a bar to drink more, or remain in the bar that got them drunk in the first place.
b9lQ9 TIL the largest British ship lost at sea, the MV Derbyshire at 92,000 tons, went down in a typhoon off Japan without ever issuing a mayday call. Investigators found the wreck and concluded the entire sinking could have happened in as little as two minutes. This video simulation is real time.
W4pd TIL that the Concorde used more fuel taxiing to the end of the runway than a Boeing 737 needs to fly all the way from London to Amsterdam