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TIL that when falconers want to breed falcons, they wear special sex hats with pockets to catch falcon semen. Birds reared by humans often sexually imprint on the falconer. The sex hat encourages the falcon to copulate with the falconers head and collects its sperm for artificial insemination.

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8AgV TIL The record for most miles driven by a single car is held by a man named Irv Gordon’s who’s 1966 Volvo P1800 has reached 3 million miles this year. He has owned the car since new and still drives it at age 74.
v1Ve8 TIL that some people, after eye surgeries where the cornea is remover, are able to see ultraviolet light-a part of the spectrum not normally visible. Monet, for example, painted with more blues after his op (at the age of 82!) because he could now see uv light bouncing off his beloved flowers.
VMagB TIL that Mithalal Sindhi, from the Indian city of Ahmedabad, has been hоmеless by choice (so he will be easier to find) for over 50 years, and during that time has performed the last rites on more than 550 unclaimed bodies, each per their own religion, covering all the expenses from his own earnings
lo5YB TIL executioners would also often be medical practitioners due to their knowledge of anatomy
YVo7 TIL The British Navy uses Britney Spears’ songs to scare off Somali pirates. Her songs were chosen as the pirates hate Western music.