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TIL Male fruit flies drink more alcohol, or will start drinking, if they have been sexually rejected by females.

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l7VLV TIL that globally there are around 30 trillion air miles that have been earned but not yet used.
R54j TIL that a police officer offered to split a lottery ticket with a waitress at his favorite restaurant in Yonkers, NY in place of a tip. The ticket was a winner worth $6 million, which he split with her without hesitation. “If I say I’ll do something, I do it. I hope money never changes me.”
0wLL1 TIL the term "patch", meaning a software update, originates from the days when computer code was written on physical cards with holes punched in them. If there was a change in the code, you would "patch" that section of the card with a piece of tape, covering it, and if necessary, changing it.
j65GR TIL that in 2006, a baby girl named Amillia Taylor was born prematurely at just 21 weeks and 6 days—well before the usual threshold of viability. She survived and grew up healthy, baffling medical experts.
npWo TIL That only the Chinese need to be reminded not to openly defecate at the Louvre in Paris