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TIL that there’s a satirical news website in Romania called “Times New Roman”

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via reddit.com

oA97 TIL that because of a lucky genetic mutation happened in the 18th century, today 38 people in a small town in northern Italy don’t suffer from cholesterol artery-clogging, making them virtually immune to heart disease and strokes. They all smoke, they eat like hell, and they don’t care
neEdd TIL some plants that relied on extinct animals to disperse their seeds now rely on rodents, who will bury them. The seeds travel further when other rodents steal them, and bury them again, and again, and again, etc.
LkwgV Til that a male seahorse, who handles the pregnancy, can give birth to upto 2000 seahorse babies
loowN Just look at that freaking horse!
wmr8 TIL that the ♥ shape came from the Silphium plant, a now extinct contraceptive plant used by the Romans