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TIL Algae produces most of the world’s oxygen

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rNlRW TIL: Quaternary twins are "twins" born to different parents. If identical twins marry identical twins, their children would legally be cousins but genetically siblings. This type of marriage is also called a quaternary marriage.
OYKg TIL that in British Medieval representations of the devil, he is portrayed with two penises so he can have sex in both orifices of a woman at the same time.
b68da TIL that some bugs look shiny and green not because of pigments, but due to structural coloration—microscopic structures on their exoskeletons reflect light in a way that creates a metallic or iridescent effect.
5Ybkk TIL: Sperm whales can produce a sounds as loud as 230db, which is about 6db louder than the tsar bomba.
G4kQ TIL The Parental Advisory sticker eventually came into being after Tipper Gore heard her 11-year old daughter listening to Prince’s “Darling Nikki”, causing her to co-found Parents Music Resource Center