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TIL that the female brown trout fakes its orgasms in order to trick males into believing they successfully fertilised her eggs.

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gMRkW TIL that cats have an extra scent organ called the Jacobson's organ (vomeronasal sac) behind their teeth in the roof of their mouth. That's why they open their mouth when smelling sometimes.
6b87 TIL British and American commanders ensured that the liberation of Paris on 25 August 1944 was seen as a “whites only” victory. They insisted that all black soldiers be taken out and replaced by white ones from other units.
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