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TIL that the SOS distress signal was created because of its easiness in morse (· · · – – – · · ·). And not because it is an abbreviation of save our souls or save our ship

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oRPyA TIL when identical twins procreate with unrelated partners, their offspring will be cousins who are as genetically similar as half-siblings
e0nP4 TIL There is a strip club in Canada that doubles as a church on Sunday
781kO TIL Despite their name, Screech Owls don't really screech. Their call is more of a soft cooing resembling a horse whinny.
b0Zj TIL: For every 400 movies made in Hollywood, there are 11,000 pornos made [Link is a SFW Ted Talk]
6L4X TIL that rats who were trained to press a lever for food stopped pressing the lever once they saw that it also caused another rat to receive an electric shock