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TIL that in the work, An Instinct for Dragons, an anthropologist argues that the universality of dragons across human societies is due to evolutionary reasons, with common primate predators being merged into a hybrid monster.

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reXx TIL sleeptexting is becoming more common, especially for young people.
rkRM TIL translations of the first “Austin Powers” maintain Alotta Fagina’s suggestive name, but differently; in Finnish her name means “always horny,” Polish has her as “wavy vagina,” and Canadian French makes her “happy clitoris.”
jNR8X TIL over 90% of the world's natural rubber is grown in Southeast Asia and a fast spreading disease called "Rubber Tree Blight" that once wiped out 90% of the world's supply of rubber in Brazil, could do the same in SEA, collapsing the entire world's economy, backtracking quality of life 130 years.
YpYVx TIL that a state in India called Uttar Pradesh, with area the size of Michigan, has a population of over 240 million.
QbdE TIL: The President of the USA currently makes 20% the salary that the president in 1909 made in real terms and an all time record low salary for presidents of the US