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TIL Male bats perform oral sex on female bats (the only other species besides humans that have been observed doing this)

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gMPMX TIL that in 1973, three NASA astronauts staged a strike in Space to protest grueling workloads. This caused astronauts now to have better working conditions and breaks between missions.
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N6mE TIL that big educational companies like Pearson have allowed plugs (ads) for consumer products in their standardized tests