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TIL that sea otters hold hands while sleeping to avoid drifting apart.

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1aE6X TIL when in 1968 Greek politician Ioannis Ladas beat up an editor who accepted an article about homosexual acceptance in ancient Greece, he denounced BBC's coverage of the event by claiming all BBC journalists were biased homosexuals. This made him an unofficial spokesman for the Greek junta.
4eAJ TIL that when males are cured of ebola virus, they can still transmit the virus in their semen for up to 2 months because it can survive in the testicles away from the immune system
kOeY7 TIL the show EastEnders is so popular in Britain, they occasionally have to borrow power from France because so many people wait to put the kettle on for tea until after the show ends. (Estimated 1.5-1.75 million kettles)
R5dj6 TIL:Theodore Roosevelt beat up a man and locked him in a shed afterwards
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