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TIL that butterflies and bees need salt to survive, so they sometimes drink the tears of crocodilians such as caimans and other animals in regions where the mineral is scarce.

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NaaQ TIL in 2012, a Chicago man bought a car for $600, registered it in his ex-girlfriend’s name, then parked it O'Hare airport and racked up 678 parking tickets totaling $105,761.80.
Ogp7 TIL up until 1910, the Brazilian Navy routinely lashed black crewmen aboard their ships. After a crewman received 250 lashes, crews aboard 4 warships mutinied and threatened to shell Rio de Janeiro. Although Brazil did not honor promised amnesty for the mutineers, the lash was never used again.
1aM4 TIL The Apollo Astronauts, unable to qualify for life insurance and not insured by NASA, resorted to ‘insurance autographs’, signing just before launch in the expectation that the value would skyrocket in the event of their deaths
OZ91 TIL That penile flatulence (dick farts, peweefs) is/are real.
v8kK TIL that according to Mormonism, after being expelled from the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve went to live in Missouri.