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TIL that homosexual activity in Jamaica is illegal for men, but legal for women.

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Mer0m TIL that Paulo Coelho, internationally famous author of The Alchemist, "pirates" his own works -- by publishing torrents of his own books on file-sharing sites -- because he discovered that torrenting his books on Bittorrent actually boosted sales of his books quite significantly.
W7wR9 TIL that certain U.S. cities such as Bloomington, Minnesota and Lexington, Kentucky have banned female ginkgo trees. This is because the female ginkgo trees have seeds that contain butyric acid, which is also found in rancid butter, and can smell like vomit or rotten eggs.
D5jp TIL: There is a liquid that you can breathe and recieve enough oxygen to be fully submerged and not drown.
jp8E TIL- In 1948 a Japanese bank robber killed 12 bank employees by dressing as a doctor and requesting to inoculate them against dysentery. They complied and 10 died immediately due to cyanide poisoning. He took the equivalent of 720 dollars.
9YJLG TIL A leopard gecko's tail houses much of its spinal cord; when grabbed, it detaches, a blood clot forms, radial glia (RG) cells multiply & regrow a tail. Humans lose RGs as adults & scar tissue would block RGs. Scientists believe RGs & bypassing scar tissue are keys to human spinal cord healing.