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TIL human poop is used as fertilizer on farm fields

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nWN6P TIL that blue whale calves can drink 60 gal / 225 liters of milk a day and can gain up to 8 lbs / 3.7 kg an HOUR.
b94e9 TIL Cuckoo wasps, like their namesake the cuckoo bird, are kleptoparasitic, having evolved to lay their eggs in the nests of other species of wasps. Their brilliant metallic colors are produced by light refracting through open spaces between six layers of cuticle in the wasps’ exoskeletons.
KOdwB TIL after the movie Office Space premiered, Swingline received requests for red staplers, which they stopped selling years prior. Due to high demand, they began to produce the red staplers again. They would later become the company's best selling stapler and transform the image of the company.
E16Ew TIL the greatest pirate of all time is a woman! She commanded over 300 ships with around 40,000 sailors. When finally defeated, she negotiated her way to freedom and became a casino and brothel owner.
jNA5v TIL the phrase "don't look a gift horse in the mouth" comes from the fact that a horse's age and health can be estimated buy examining the number and quality of their teeth.