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TIL recent research shows the demodex mite, which lives on most humans' skin, has an anus. Contradicting earlier findings.

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b61nE TIL when Uruguay's Luis Suárez was suspended for biting another player, Uruguayan President Jose Mujica called FIFA "sons of bitches" who meted out "fascist" treatments, while forgetting he was being filmed. Journalists then asked if they could publish his remark, to which he smiled and said yes
YVVx TIL Nixon’s family was poor. They couldn’t afford lavish vacations. And there weren’t that many national parks. So he corrected that by creating the EPA.
kJ507 TIL that payphones in Japan provide priority calls during disasters, allowing people to avoid heavy telephone traffic.
9YZvX TIL of Philippe Servaty, a Belgian journalist who photographed himself having sex with over 80 girls in Morocco after having promised to take them to Europe. He then he ditched them and published the photos online. Many of the women were incarcerated, killed, or committed suicide.
4kbPg TIL the same guy who voiced Winnie the Pooh also voiced Kaa in the Jungle Book.