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TIL Poetica Vaginal. Joe Davis an artist and research affiliate at MIT transmitted the sounds of vaginal contractions towards neighbouring star systems. To do so, he recorded the vaginal contractions of ballet dancers.

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XEROj TIL that Inuit in northern Greenland were using iron blades for centuries without knowledge of metallurgy. They made them by breaking pieces off of a huge iron meteorite and shaping them with heavy stones. They built their settlements close to the meteorite and used its iron for generations.
VM8bQ TIL dead squids continue to try and reproduce if they haven't been boiled properly.
NX4jJ TIL the first domesticated cattle were in Iran 10,000 years ago, and most cattle today are descendants of only 80 cows.
rR9A4 TIL almost all airplane seats are blue because physcologists discovered that the color helps to calm anxiety and relieve fear, which makes the plane ride more comfortable for many people.
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