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TIL, you can change the taste of your ejaculate with certain foods

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5Y9dR TIL: The wings of dragonflies prevent bacterial growth due to their natural structure. The surfaces of their wings are covered in nanopillars making them look like a bed of nails. When bacteria come into contact with these surfaces, their cell membranes get ripped apart immediately.
ADawd TIL the Queen bee is too fat to fly after being pregnant, so when the worker bees want her to relocate the hive they chase her around the hive for week until she’s skinny enough to fly.
4XG0g TIL wild blueberries bushes grow naturally in rocky terrain via a dense network of underground rhizomes that helps with nutrient extraction. A controlled field burn in the off-season, traditionally practiced by Native Americans on the Maine coast, enriches the soil and provides pest/weed control.
VBkQZ TIL Mordecai Myers was the only member of his family of 15 to survive after their home was swept into the ocean during an 1822 hurricane. He buried each of them himself (including his parents)
KYbAR TIL that the Oneida cutlery company is descended from a free love commune founded in 1858. Despite not using birth control, the community of 200 had only 12 unplanned births in 20 years.