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TIL: Genetically engineered glowing red male zebrafish are more attractive to females.

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v17v8 TIL the egyptian fertility god min,whose symbol was the lettuce and the bull, was often depicted with an erect penis.Lettuce was considered an aphrodisiac among ancient egyptians.
ADnwB TIL that macaroni and cheese originated in the 14th Century. A Middle English recipe describes it as "Take and make a thynne foyle of dowh. and kerve it on pieces, and cast hem on boiling water & seeþ it well. take cheese and grate it and butter cast bynethen and above as losyns. and serue forth."
9YE7G TIL There is a secure seed bank on a remote arctic island of Norway. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault's mission is to provide a safety net against accidental loss of different plant species in case of a global catasthrophe. It has a capacity of 4.5 million seed samples!
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