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TIL Turkeys can reproduce asexually

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aZKL TIL that humans can generally detect their parents, children, and siblings (but not spouses, half-siblings, and stepchildren/step-parents) by smell, and females prefer sexual partners with a different smell than their own. Scientists believe this is an evolved defense against incest.
9VaB TIL that from 1964 to 1973 the United States dropped 2 million tons of bombs on Laos — enough for a full plane load every 8 minutes, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for 9 years.
R7kL6 TIL Tony Hawk rejected Activision's buyout deal for the permanent use of his name and likeness on the original THPS game, but accepted a royalty deal in which he would earn a percentage of every copy of the game sold. He earned ten times the original offer within two years
NQe1 TIL Vladimir Lenin spoke English with an Irish accent
4XYXg TIL that Oskar Schindler abandoned his wife after going bankrupt and returned to Germany, leaving her in Argentina. They never saw each other again in the 20 years before his death, though they remained married. The final scene of Schindler's List was her first time ever seeing his grave.