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TIL China has banned 'seductive' banana-eating while live-streaming to clamp down on inappropriate and erotic online content

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X0wNk TIL of the ISSpresso, an espresso machine designed for use on the International Space Station.
QNEKe TIL the proportion of Iowa’s energy that comes from wind is at almost 60%, the highest in the United States.
ZgJB TIL that in Europe, 92% of expecting parents terminate pregnancy upon receiving a Down Syndrome diagnosis. In America, 67%.
6EJWw TIL that Platypus DNA is a mixture of bird, reptilian, and mammal. They have no stomachs, have hips like a reptile, and have electrical receptors on their face like a shark that help them sense prey. They have no nipples because milk leaks out onto their fur which young lap straight off the body.
6RvW TIL the divide between West Germany and East Germany was so sharply defined it lead to houses and buildings being split down the middle