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TIL that when coffee first appeared in the Ottoman Empire, it was considered a drug and its consumption was forbidden

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kJJB7 TIL In the sexual embrace, called amplexus, the male toad clasps the female from behind. The pair swims about as the female, swollen with eggs, selects a site for depositing them. As several thousand eggs are expelled from the female's body in jelly-like strings, the male fertilizes them with sperm
5V5pn TIL of Canada's smallest municipality, Notre-Dame-des-Anges. It is entirely occupied by a hospital.
4dX6 TIL if you work for CLIF Bar you get 2 and ½ hours of paid excercise a week with free personal training, among other benefits.
R7Vw8 TIL- Cold weather will cause some trees to explode by freezing the sap, because it contains water, which expands as it freezes, creating a sound like a gunshot. The sound is produced as the tree bark splits, with the wood contracting as the sap expands.
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