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TIL Male iguanas can detect their owner’s menstrual cycles, will show dominance over her guests, and will try to mate with her

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bZx0 TIL nukes can have their yield ‘dialed’ or adjusted up or down, from city-buster to tiny puff of single kiloton smoke, while in the silo or even in flight.
VkxB TIL that Steven Spielberg’s top choice for Eddie Valiant in ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’ was Bill Murray but they were unable to contact him since he has no agent. When Murray later read about this he screamed at the top of his lungs as he would have definitely accepted the part.
M76Bb TIL that despite a persistent popular myth, the Great Wall of China is NOT visible from space with the naked eye, a fact confirmed by astronauts.
rE5W TIL that the BMI(body mass index) the most widely used measurement for body weight, is wrong, and even the creator says it cannot be used to measure the fat of an individual.
7Gm7 TIL Bill Gates received an honorary knighthood from the Queen but as an American Citizen he cannot use the title “Sir”