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TIL that the Shakers, a celibacy-focused sect similar to the Quakers, has only 2 members left worldwide.

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dmjE TIL that 1 in 4 11 year olds in London are functionally illiterate, either unable to read or write properly
JwY4 TIL there is a species of flatworm that after sex, if the female has been filled with unwanted sperm from an undesirable partner, it can double over, put its mouth over its genital opening, and suck the sperm back out. This gives the female control over who fertilises her eggs.
7Dmb TIL that Billie Piper (the actress who played Rose Tyler in Doctor Who) divorced from her wealthy husband, she opted not to claim any money from him, stating, “I’m not taking a penny from him, I think that’s disgusting.”
0w145 TIL New research published in Science Advances proposes that dinosaurs were actually warm-blooded creatures. Team of scientists from Yale Uni studied the arrangement of atoms in dinosaur eggshells to determine that the mothers who carried the eggs had warmer body temperatures than their surrounding
X0MdX TIL U.S President Lyndon B. Johnson used to give out toothbrushes with the Presidential Seal on them. He said he wanted people to think of him last thing at night and first thing in the morning.