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TIL Ibex can climb near-vertical surfaces with ease

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Eg0Q0 TIL in 2011, a man died as a result of inserting his penis in a bottle. Apparently, this was the first case of death related to penile strangulation ever recorded.
XE6VQ TIL that a synthetic version of horseshoe crab blood has existed for 15 years and that the practice of bleeding horseshoe crabs alive by the pharmaceutical industry is outdated and unnecessary. Some companies are beginning to commit to the humane synthetic alternative.
oDMY TIL that Fidel Castro predicted correctly 43 years ago, that the USA will talk to Cuba again when they “have a black president and the world has a latin american pope”.
kQkm TIL In 1973 Syria had such a powerful air defense system, it almost destroyed the Israeli air force in just 18 days. In 1982 the rebuilt Israeli air force launched the largest air battle since the Korean war, destroying nearly the entire Syrian air defense and air force in under 2 hours.
LkpEv TIL that despite decades of deforestation, the Earth is getting greener