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TIL that in South Korea, baseball has cheerleaders

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9wwx6 TIL on June 5th 1995 a male mallard collided with a new glass wall at the Natural History Museum in Rotterdam, died, then was immediately copulated by another male mallard for 75 minutes. It became know as “the first case of homosexual necrophilia in the mallard,” and spring-boarded Dead Duck Day.
9YWZG TIL: The Zimbabwean government complained that Chinese made condoms were too small.
P1gkg TIL at least one of the victims of the Vesuvius Eruption in 79 C.E was found with a vitrified brain. In other words their brain was turned to glass due to the extreme heat.
JY57Q TIL of a building in Silver Spring, Md. that has an inflatable shark on it in relation to Discovery Channels's Shark Week.
epnYD TIL of water hole in Death Valley Nevada devil’s hole. Not affected by rainwater indicating ancient water. Connected to vast aquifer. Water sloshes around during quakes up to 2000 miles away like bathtub with waves up to 2m. Quakes from Chile and Japan have affected the water surface here