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TIL: Before Mating, the Female Giraffe Will First Urinate in the Male’s Mouth

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E1g4X TIL that Saturday Night Live has a branch show abroad SNL Korea
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jQxX TIL that attaching green LED lights to nets used by small-scale fisherman can reduce the number of green sea turtle deaths by 64 percent. Without affecting the number of fish caught.
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wLYMM TIL that on September 11th, 2001, Officer John Perry of the NYPD went to headquarters to file retirement paperwork. When he heard the explosion at the world trade center he immediately responded and was later killed when one of the towers collapsed. He was the only off-duty officer killed on 9/11.