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TIL that infants have died from a ritual known as metzitzah b'peh (removing the foreskin of the penis and the Rabbi places his mouth briefly over the wound, sucking a small amount of blood out) because the Rabbi had herpes.

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awZ5o TIL that Velvet Worms are suggested to locate their prey through smell or air motion. Once located, the Velvet Worm reveals two limbs which act as glue turrets that shoot a slime-rich jet and immobilizes the prey long enough for the Velvet Worm to inject enzymes and begin eating
Z8G9Q TIL In 1958 Mao Zedong ordered all the sparrows to be killed because they ate too much grain. This caused one of the worst environmental disasters in human history. Locust populations ballooned, swarming the country and causing famine.
9YZDQ TIL Brian May, the lead guitarist for Queen and astrophysicist, dislikes smoking so much that he prohibited smoking indoors at concerts before smoking bans became the norm. The dislike for smoking was due to his father’s heavy cigarette use.
awyKo TIL that before the 1930s up to 45% of the male population of Mongolia were Buddhist monks. By the democratic revolution in 1990 there were only 30 practicing monks.
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