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TIL: A Man In India Has Planted A Forest Bigger Than Central Park to Save His Island

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j6XvR TIL most escaped mental patients just go home and resume their everyday activities
W7e6L TIL there are towns in Pennsylvania named Paradise, Fertility, Blue Ball, and Intercourse
NM7Q TIL some deep sea sea cucumbers can slough off their bioluminscent skin upon contact, thus turning their predators into targets
xWdg TIL: At a church gathering in 1870, a bishop said, “Man has invented everything that can be invented.” Someone challenged it, “I think man will learn to fly.” Bishop called it Blasphemy, “Flight is reserved for birds and angels”. That bishop was Milton Wright, father of Wilbur and Orville.
19pP TIL that men tend to overestimate women’s sexual intent. This is an adaptive bias in order to have the least amount of missed sexual opportunities