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TIL: Skateboarding is becoming popular in Afghanistan - especially amongst women

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ZR8B TIL a woman’s preference for a man’s scent can be a strong indicator of compatibility
abWy TIL Bald Eagles go through a crazy color transformation: the first five years they gradually change; the beak turns from black to yellow, the eyes from brown to pale yellow, body feathers from mottled to dark brown, and head and tail feathers from mottled to solid white.
awd0Z TIL about the Bangui magnetic anomaly which is a dip in the Earth's magnetic field in the Central African Republic - a grievously poor country in the middle of Africa. The anomaly may have been caused by an ancient meteorite impact...
ADVDo TIL that Greece classifies pedophilia as a disability
6EJxw TIL that a formal peace treaty to end WWII hasn't been signed between Russia and Japan because of disputed claims over the Kuril Islands.