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TIL that the Quokka, when faced with a predator, will drop it's baby from it's pouch to provide a distraction for it to escape.

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yZ1M TIL Hookah is at LEAST as dangerous as cigarette smoking, if not more
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l8Wa TIL Mamihlapinatapai is considered to be most succinct word, It refers to “a look shared by two people, each wishing that the other will offer something that they both desire but are unwilling to suggest or offer themselves.”
Brxwx TIL that the Pasta Napoletana at the Cheesecake Factory contains over 2,300 calories. It would take 3 hrs of non stop running at 8 mph to burn it off.
kJ89W TIL about Operation Midnight Climax, a CIA program in the 1950s and 1960s that involved the use of prostitutes to lure unwitting individuals into apartments that had been set up with hidden cameras and microphones. Part of MK-Ultra