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TIL Male Fruit Flies Sexually Harass Females Until they Can’t Reproduce

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R51Wl TIL the Burger King commercial starring a 5-yr-old Sarah Michelle Gellar was the first to say a competitor by name when she says, "McDonald's makes their burgers with 20% less meat than Burger King. Unbelievable!" She also wasn't allowed to eat at McD's after she was named in its lawsuit against BK.
Mev47 TIL that the United States has produced nearly 19 times more serial killers than the runner-up nation
AD8gw TIL of a man in England was jailed for the manslaughter of his ex-girlfriend, after she came to his home with an 8 inch kitchen knife in her handbag, that she fell on after he pushed her during an ensuing argument
pPAQ TIL: In the 30’s workers in Costa Rica unearthed almost perfectly round stone spheres. No one is sure exactly when or how they were made, or by whom, or for what reason. The largest is 16 tons.
0wwe5 TIL that Carrie Fisher's ashes were placed in a giant Prozac pill urn